Publications by project members
2022
Laibach, N. & S. Bröring. 2022. The Emergence of Genome Editing—Innovation Network Dynamics of Academic Publications, Patents, and Business Activities. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 14 April 2022.
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Martinelli, F.S., Biber-Freudenberger, L., Stein, G. & J. Börner. 2022. Will Brazil’s push for low-carbon biofuels contribute to achieving the SDGs? A systematic expert-based assessment. Cleaner Environmental Systems 5.
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Sili, M., Dürr, J. 2022. Bioeconomic Entrepreneurship and Key Factors of Development: Lessons from Argentina. Sustainability, 14, 2447.
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2021
Escobar, N. and W. Britz. 2021. Metrics on the sustainability of region-specific bioplastics production, considering global land use change effects. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 167 April 2021, 105345.
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Teixeira Leite-Filho, A., Silveira Soares-Filho, B., Leroy Davis, J., Medeiros Abrahão, G. & J. Börner. 2021. Deforestation reduces rainfall and agricultural revenues in the Brazilian Amazon. Nature Communications 12.
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2020
Biber-Freudenberger, L., Ergeneman, C,. Förster, J.J., Dietz, T. and J. Börner. 2020. Bioeconomy futures: Expectation patterns of scientists and practitioners on the sustainability of bio‐based transformation. Sustainable Development, Wiley Online Library. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2072
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Escobar, N. 2020. Global impacts from trade in agricultural commodities. Estimating carbon footprints of Brazilian soy exports. ZEFnews no. 41, Center for Development Research (ZEF), 9.
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Escobar, N. and Laibach, N. 2020. Sustainability check for bio-based technologies: A review of process-based and life cycle approaches. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Volume 135, January 2021, 110213. Further information
Escobar, N.; Tizado, E.J.; zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J.; Löfgren, P.; Börner, J.; & Godar, J. 2020. Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil’s soy exports. Global Environmental Change 62, 102067
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Förster, J.J. 2020. Condemned to circularity: Thailand’s bioplastic industry development. ZEFnews no. 40, Center for Development Research (ZEF), 10-11.
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Förster, J.J., Downsborough, L., Biber-Freudenberger, L., Kelboro, G., Börner, J. 2020. Exploring criteria for transformative policy capacity in South Africa´s Biodiversity Economy. Policy Sciences 1107: 9385. DOI: 10.1007/s11077-020-09385 (in print)
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Meyfroidt, P., Boerner, J., Garrett, R., Gardner, T., Godar, J., Kis-Katos, K., Soares-Filho, B. and S. Wunder. 2020. Focus on leakage and spillovers: informing land-use governance in a tele-coupled world. Environmental Research Letters. (Open Access).
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Nong, D., Escobar, N., Britz, W. and J. Börner. 2020. Long-term impacts of bio-based innovation in the chemical sector: a dynamic global perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122738
Rajão, R., Soares-Filho, B., Nunes, F., Börner, J., Machado, L., Assis, D., Oliveira, A., Pinto, L., Ribeiro, V., Rausch, L., Gibbs, H., Figueira, D. 2020. The rotten apples of Brazil’s agribusiness. Science 369 (6501), pp. 246-248, DOI: 10.1126/science.aba6646
2019
Bruckner, M., Häyhä, T., Giljum, S., Maus, V., Fischer, G., Tramberend, S. and J. Börner. 2019. Quantifying the global cropland footprint of the European Union’s non-food bioeconomy. Environmental Research Letters, 14: 45001. (Open Access)
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Dietz, T., Chong, A.E., Grabs, J. and B. Kilian. 2019. How Effective is Multiple Certification in Improving the Economic Conditions of Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Colombia’s Coffee Belt, The Journal of Development Studies, first published online: 09 July 2019
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2019.1632433
Dietz, T., Dotzauer, M. and E.S. Cohen. 2019. The legitimacy crisis of investor-state arbitration and the new EU investment court system, Review of International Political Economy, first published online: 02 Jul 2019
https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2019.1620308
Dietz, T., Grabs, J. and A.E. Chong. 2019. Mainstreamed voluntary sustainability standards and their effectiveness: Evidence from the Honduran coffee sector, in: Regulation and Governance, first published online: 28 February 2019
https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12239
Escobar, N., Haddad, S., Börner, J., Britz, W. 2019. Induced Land Use Change and emissions from major bioplastics. 13th International Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics (ESEE) 18-21 June 2019, Turku (Finland)
Haddad, S., Britz, W., Bruckner, M., Escobar, N. 2019. Global land use impacts from a subsidy on grassland-based ruminant livestock production in the European Union. 22nd Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis 19-21 June 2019, Warsaw (Poland)
Hertel, T.W., West, T.A.P., Börner, J. and N. Villoria. 2019. A review of global-local-global linkages in economic land-use/cover change models. Environmental Research Letters, 14(5): 053003. (Open Access)
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Laibach, N., Börner, J., Bröring, S. 2019. Exploring the future of the bioeconomy: An expert-based scoping study examining key enabling technology fields with potential to foster the transition toward a bio-based economy, Technology in Society
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Laibach, N., Escobar, N. 2019. Sustainability check for bio-based technologies: a LCA review. SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, 26-30 May 2019, Helsinki (Finland)
Nascimento, N. et al. 2019. A Bayesian network approach to modelling land-use decisions under environmental policy incentives in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Land Use Science (2020): 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2019.1709223
2018
Biber-Freudenberger, L., Basukala, A.K., Bruckner, M., Börner, J. 2018. Sustainability Performance of National Bio-Economies. Sustainability 10 (8), 2705, 1-20.
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Biber-Freudenberger, L., Whitney, C., Beuchelt, T., Jaenicke, H., Kelboro, G., Schmitt, C. B., Sommer, J.-H., Denich, M. 2018. More inter- and transdisciplinary research needed in Agroecology. Rural 21, 52(2):31-33.
Bruckner, M., Giljum, S., Fischer, G., Tramberend, S. and J. Börner. 2018. The global cropland footprint of the non-food bioeconomy. ZEF Discussion Paper 253. Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn.
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Dietz, T., Auffenberg, J., Grabs, J., Chong, A.E. and B. Kilian. 2018. The Voluntary Coffee Standard Index (VOCSI). Developing a composite index to assess and compare the strength of Mainstream Voluntary Sustainability Standards in the global coffee industry, Ecological Economics (150), 72-87.
Dietz, T., Börner, J., Förster, J.J. and J. von Braun. 2018. Governance of the bioeconomy: A global comparative study of national bioeconomy strategies. ZEF Discussion Paper 264. Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn.
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Dietz, T., Börner, J., Förster, J.J. and J. von Braun. 2018. Governance of the Bioeconomy: A Global Comparative Study of National Bioeconomy Strategies. Sustainability 2018, 10(9), 3190.
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Escobar, N., Haddad, S., Börner, J., and W. Britz. 2018. Land use mediated GHG emissions and spillovers from increased consumption of bioplastics. Environmental Research Letters
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaeafb
Escobar N., Tizado E.J., and J. Godar. 2018. Carbon footprint from Brazilian soybeans based on spatially-explicit life cycle inventories, including land use change. SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting. Responsible and innovative Research for Environmental Quality. 13-17 May 2018, Rome, Italy.
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Förster, J.J. and I. Virgin. 2018. Bioeconomy between Europe and Africa – summarizing workshop outcomes “Global Bioeconomy Summit in Berlin, 19-20 April 2018”. ZEF Policy Brief 29. Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn.
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Gardner, T. A., M. Benzie, J. Börner, E. Dawkins, S. Fick, R. Garrett, J. Godar, A. Grimard, S. Lake, R.K. Larsen, N. Mardas, C.L. McDermott, P. Meyfroidt, M. Osbeck, M. Persson, T. Sembres, C. Suavet, B. Strassburg, A. Trevisan, C. West, P. Wolvekamp. 2018. Transparency and sustainability in global commodity supply chains. World Development, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.05.025.
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Kamau, J.W., Stellmacher, T., Biber-Freudenberger, L. and C. Borgemeister. 2018. Organic and conventional agriculture in Kenya: A typology of smallholder farms in Kajiado and Murang’a counties. Journal of Rural Studies (57): 171–185.
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Schielein, J.; Börner, J. 2018. Recent transformations of land-use and land-cover dynamics across different deforestation frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon. Land Use Policy, 76: 81-94. (Open Access)
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2017
Basukala, A. K., Oldenburg, C., Schellberg, J., Sultanov, M., & Dubovyk, O. 2017. Towards improved land use mapping of irrigated croplands: performance assessment of different image classification algorithms and approaches. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 50(1):187-201. doi: 10.1080/22797254.2017.1308235.
Börner, J., K. Baylis, E. Corbera, D. Ezzine-de-Blas, J. Honey-Rosés, U. M. Persson and S. Wunder. 2017. The Effectiveness of Payments for Environmental Services. World Development, 96: 359–374.
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Börner, J., Kuhn, A. and J. von Braun. 2017. Bio-economy in developing countries. ZEF Policy Brief 25.
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Chomba, M.J., Hill, T., Nkhata, B.A. and Förster, J.J. 2017. Paradigms for water allocation in river basins: a society-science-practice perspective from Southern Africa. Water Policy · April 2017 DOI: 10.2166/wp.2017.130
Dadi, D., Stellmacher, T., Senbeta, F., Van Passel, S. and H. Azadi. 2017. Environmental and health impacts of effluents from textile industries in Ethiopia: the case of Gelan and Dukem, Oromia Regional State. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Springer International Publishing. 189: 11. DOI 10.1007/s10661-016-5694-4
Dietz, T., Chong, A.E. Gilabert, P.F. and J. Grabs. 2017. Women’s empowerment in rural Honduran coffee communities and its determinants, Development in Practice, 1/28, 33-50.
Escobar, N., Bruckner, M., Börner, J. 2017. A framework for Consequential IO-LCA: crosssectoral substitution effects due to an increased demand for bioplastics.
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Escobar, N. and J.J. Förster. 2017. Governing Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: A Conceptual Framework for Life Cycle Governance Analysis.
Escobar, N., Manrique-de-Lara-Penate, C., Sanjuán, N., Clemente, G., Rozakis, S. 2017. An agro-industrial model for the optimization of biodiesel production in Spain to meet the European GHG reduction targets. Energy, 120: 619-631. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.11.111
Escobar, N., Ramírez-Sanz, C., Chueca, P., Moltó, E., Sanjuán, N. 2017. Multiyear Life Cycle Assessment of switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum L.) production in the Mediterranean region of Spain. Biomass and Bioenergy, 107: 74-85. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.09.008
Förster, J.J. 2017. Striving for Sustainable Bioeconomies: Strive Project at ZEF. ZEFnews 36.
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Förster, J.J., Downsborough, L. and Chomba, M.J. 2017. When policy hits reality: structure, agency and power in South African water governance. Society and Natural Resources, 30(4): 521-536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2016.1268658
Guta, D. and J. Börner. 2017. Energy security, uncertainty and energy resource use options in Ethiopia: A sector modelling approach. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 11(1): 91-117. (Open Access)
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Haddad, S., Britz, W., Börner, J. 2017. Impacts of Increased Forest Biomass Demand in the European Bioeconomy. Selected paper presented at the Gewisola 2017, Weihenstefan, Germany.
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Ibisch, P. L., M.T. Hoffmann, S. Kreft, G. Péer, V. Kati, L. Biber-Freudenberger, D. DellaSala, M.M. Vale, P.R. Hobson, and N. Selva. 2017. A global map of roadless areas and their conservation status. Science, 354(6318): 10.1126/science.aaf7166
Khamzina, A., J.P.A. Lamers, J. Börner with O.O. Cofie, P. Drechsel, Chr. Gordon, J. Miranda, S. Mukherjee, L.Verchot, H. Vereecken, L. Weihermüller, S. Zelaya-Bonilla, F. Ziadat. 2017. Land resources and the SDGs. In: Paul L. G. Vlek, Asia Khamzina, and Lulseged Tamene (eds.): Land degradation and the Sustainable Development Goals: Threats and potential remedies. CIAT / CGIAR. 17-31. (Open Acess)
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Lenfert, Z.M. and J. Börner. 2017. Soybean certification and tropical deforestation in Brazil: how to move towards zero-net deforestation. ZEF Policy Brief 28.
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Tabe-Ojong, M.P. and N. Habiyaremye. 2017. Economic Evaluation of Bioenergy Production from Bio-based plants in Germany: Implications for the bioeconomy? Journal of Sustainable Development, 10 (6): 262-272. – Based on a term paper written in a STRIVE-related MSc-level teaching project.
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Tonnang, H.E.Z., Hervéc, BDB., Biber-Freudenberger, L. et al. Advances in crop insect modelling methods—Towards a whole system approach. Ecological Modelling (354): 88–103.
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Valone, T.J., Barta, Z., Börner, J., Cardenas, J.-C., Giraldeau, L.-A., Kokko, H., Oldekop, J., Pauly, D., Rustagi, D., Sutherland, W. 2017. Governance of Renewable Resources. In: Giraldeau, L.-A., Heeb, P., Kosfeld, M. (eds.): Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics: Principles and Applications. Ernst Strüngemann Forum / The MIT Press. 97-118.
Wüstemann H., A. Bonn, C. Albert, C. Bertram, L. Biber-Freudenberger, A. Dehnhardt, R. Döring, P. Elsasser, V. Hartje, D. Mehl, J. Kantelhardt, K. Rehdanz, L. Schaller, M. Scholz and D. Thrän. 2017. Synergies and trade-offs between nature conservation and climate policy: Insights from the ‘‘Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE” study. Ecosystem Services, 24: 187-199.
2016
Baylis K., J. Honey‐Rosés, J. Börner, E. Corbera, D. Ezzine‐de‐Blas, P. Ferraro, R. Lapeyre, U.M. Persson, A. Pfaff, S. Wunder. 2016. Mainstreaming impact evaluation in nature conservation. Conservation Letters, 9(1): 58-64. (Open Access)
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Biber-Freudenberger, Lisa; Ziemacki, Jasmin; Tonnang, Henri E. Z.; Borgemeister, Christian. 2016. Future Risks of Pest Species under Changing Climatic Conditions. PLOS ONE: 17.
Bolte, A., Börner, J., Bräsicke, N., Degen, B., Dieter, M., Saake, B., Schneider, B.U.. 2016. Perspektiven der Forst- und Holzwirtschaft in Deutschland.
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Börner, J., Baylis, K., Corbera, E., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Ferraro, P.J., Honey-Rosés, J., Lapeyre, R., Persson, U.M., Wunder, S. 2016. Emerging Evidence on the Effectiveness of Tropical Forest Conservation. PLOS ONE , 11(11): e0159152. (Open Access)
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Börner, J., Wunder, S. and R. Guidice. 2016. Will up-scaled forest conservation incentives in the Peruvian Amazon produce cost-effective and equitable outcomes?. Environmental Conservation 43 (4): 407-416.
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Fogliano de Souza Cunha, F.A., Börner, J., Wunder, S., Nunes Cosenza, A.C., Lucena, A.. 2016. The implementation costs of forest conservation policies in Brazil. Ecological Economics, 130: 209-220.
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Grabs, J., Kilian, B., Calderón Hernández, D. and T. Dietz. 2016. Understanding Coffee Certification Dynamics: A Spatial Analysis of Voluntary Sustainability Standard Proliferation. In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 19 (3): 31-55.
Selbmann, K. and Ide, T. 2016. Climate Change, Biofuels, and Conflict. In: Sarup Singh, R., Pandey, A. & Gnansounou, E. (eds.): Biofuels: Production and Future Perspectives. CRC Press: 25-35.