IIASA's Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) is used to analyze the competition for land use between agriculture, forestry, and bioenergy, which are the main land-based production sectors. As such, the model can provide scientists and policymakers with the means to assess, on a global basis, the rational production of food, forest fiber, and bioenergy, all of which contribute to human welfare.
GLOBIOM has been developed and used by IIASA since the late 2000s. The partial-equilibrium model represents various land use-based activities, including agriculture, forestry and bioenergy sectors. The model is built following a bottom-up setting based on detailed grid-cell information, providing the biophysical and technical cost information. This detailed structure allows a rich set of environmental parameters to be taken into account. Its spatial equilibrium modelling approach represents bilateral trade based on cost competitiveness. The model was initially developed for impact assessment of climate change mitigation policies in land-based sectors, including biofuels, and nowadays is also increasingly being implemented for agricultural and timber markets foresight, and economic impact analysis of climate change and adaptation, and a wide range of sustainable development goals.
ANZ: Australia, New Zealand
Brazil: Brazil
Canada: Canada
China: People's Republic of China, Hong Kong
Congo Basin: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Eastern Africa: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda
EU Baltic: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
EU Central East: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
EU Mid West: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
EU North: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom
EU South: Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain
Former USSR: Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaidjan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
India: India
Japan: Japan
Mexico: Mexico
Middle East – North Africa: Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Pacific Islands: Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Central America (RCAM): Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago
Rest of Central Eastern Europe (RCEU): Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia
Rest of Western Europe (ROWE): Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Greenland
South America (RSAM): Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Rest of South Asia (RSAS): Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
South East Asia – other Pacific Asia (RSEA_OPA): Brunei Daressalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, East Timor
South East Asia – (ex-)planned economies (RSEA_PAC): Cambodia, DPR of Korea, Laos, Mongolia, Viet Nam
South Korea: Korea
South Africa: South Africa
Southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Reunion, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Turkey: Turkey
USA: United States
Western Africa and Rest of Sub-Saharan Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo