Modeling for Integrating Science and Management

Dale, Virginia H.; Kline, Keith L.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511894824.011

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“…Case studies that document actual conditions before and after project implementation can support more integrated project designs and adaptive management (FAO, ; Elbehri et al ., ). Transparent documentation of the problem, hypotheses, research methods, input data sources, and assumptions is essential to avoid potential misrepresentation of analytical results (Dale & Kline, ).…”

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“…Sorting out complex causal relationships for deforestation is difficult (Pacheco et al ., ). Quantitative models are facilitated by the convenience of remote sensing data and the simplicity of the conventional assumption that causation can be determined by the apparent land cover following deforestation; however, oversimplifications in such models often lead to faulty conclusions (Dale & Kline, ). Correlations between deforestation and increasing ‘agricultural area’ are assumed to reflect agricultural land scarcity.…”

Section: Priorities and Conditions To Achieve Positive Synergiesmentioning

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Reconciling food security and bioenergy: priorities for action

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Understanding the complex interactions among food security, bioenergy sustainability, and resource management requires a focus on specific contextual problems and opportunities. The United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals place a high priority on food and energy security; bioenergy plays an important role in achieving both goals. Effective food security programs begin by clearly defining the problem and asking, 'What can be done to assist people at high risk?' Simplistic global analyses, headlines, and cartoons that blame biofuels for food insecurity may reflect good intentions but mislead the public and policymakers because they obscure the main drivers of local food insecurity and ignore opportunities for bioenergy to contribute to solutions. Applying sustainability guidelines to bioenergy will help achieve near-and long-term goals to eradicate hunger. Priorities for achieving successful synergies between bioenergy and food security include the following: (1) clarifying communications with clear and consistent terms, (2) recognizing that food and bioenergy need not compete for land and, instead, should be integrated to improve resource management, (3) investing in technology, rural extension, and innovations to build capacity and infrastructure, (4) promoting stable prices that incentivize local production, (5) adopting flex crops that can provide food along with other products and services to society, and (6) engaging stakeholders to identify and assess specific opportunities for biofuels to improve food security. Systematic monitoring and analysis to support adaptive management and continual improvement are essential elements to build synergies and help society equitably meet growing demands for both food and energy.Keywords: bioenergy, biofuels, energy, flex crops, food insecurity, food security and nutrition, natural resource management, poverty reduction, sustainable development goals Received 23 December 2015; accepted 8 March 2016The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong questions.-Peter Drucker (1971)

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“…To foster transparency, it is important be clear about the means of calculating indicator values. For example, when conditions are simulated using models, variability in estimated values and uncertainties in the underlying data and modeling should be documented [e.g., Dale & Kline, 2013 ; American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM E(3066)-20 (2017) ].…”

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Towards more sustainable agricultural landscapes: Lessons from Northwestern Mexico and the Western Highlands of Guatemala

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Highlights Stakeholders’ engagement in the assessment process helps build capacity. Stakeholders help define local sustainability goals, opportunities, and indicators. Local champions, coordination, and sustained support are key to success. Timely monitoring and continual improvement are part of the iterative approach. Trust, engagement, communication, and capacity are required for improvement.

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Issues in using landscape indicators to assess land changes

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2013

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Modeling for Integrating Science and Management

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Reconciling food security and bioenergy: priorities for action

Reconciling food security and bioenergy: priorities for action

Towards more sustainable agricultural landscapes: Lessons from Northwestern Mexico and the Western Highlands of Guatemala

Issues in using landscape indicators to assess land changes

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