In the past years biofuels have received increased attention since they were believed to contribute to rural development, energy security and to fight global warming. It became also clear, though, that bioenergy cannot be evaluated independently of the rest of the economy and that national and...

This contribution describes the linkage of microsimulation models and computable general equilibrium (CGE) models using two already established models called “STSM” and “PACE-L” used by the Centre for European Economic Research. This state of the art research method for applied policy...

This paper gives an overview of different methodologies related to value chain analysis in the context of environment and trade research. Four major fields of methodologies are identified: Accounting of input-output flows, general computable equilibrium models, econometrics, and global commodity...

Seeing the wood for the trees : exploring the evolution of frameworks of ecosystem services for human wellbeing / Unai Pascual and Caroline Howe -- Justice and equity : emerging research and policy approaches to address ecosystem service trade-offs / Neil Dawson, Brendan Coolsaet and Adrian...