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Tobias led the study "Between a log and a hard place: European forests under competing demands", published in the European Journal of Forest Research, in collaboration with Almut and colleagues from KIT, TUM, and University of Freiburg. The review demonstrates that European forests cannot simultaneously deliver on policy demands for carbon storage, timber, bioenergy, and biodiversity. Climate change intensifies these conflicts. We argue that sustainable forest management requires better adaptation strategies alongside reduced demand for forest resources. 

Markus Breig, KIT

C4LaNd is a new, DFG funded research training group that addresses the problem how to meet the ever-increasing and often conflicting demands on land for food, renewable energy, and materials without compromising biodiversity conservation and climate action. All positions offer a multidisciplinary, international research environment, with partners in Germany (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology & University of Hohenheim) and Australia (University of Melbourne). Positions are now open for application up to May 17th.

Jens Krause, KIT

Jens, Almut, Peter and Moritz, together with Mike Harfoot, have published a version of LPJ-GUESS which implements herbivory. The corresponding reduction in leaf biomass is determined by a process-based, dynamic model of the whole trophic pyramid (the Madingley Model). We have advanced the field of integrating animal-vegetation interactions in ecosystem modelling, once again and are proud to present this study. An application of the presented model system will also enter the peer-review process soon.