This research topic covers areas such as
- scientific and technical inputs to CAP development: towards a land management approach
- crop yield forecasts in EU and Neighbourhood countries
- resource scarcity (land/soil, minerals, water, food, energy, forests, biomass, biodiversity) and economic competition
- economy of natural resources including bioeconomy and critical raw materials
- raw materials – stocks and flows
- alternatives for scarce resources including new sources (e.g. from space)
- resource conflicts (i.e. water, minerals, agriculture)
- global resource use
- sustainable management of renewable resources (including sustainable forest management, fisheries, soils, water, forests, and biodiversity)
- global land use and vegetation
- ecosystems and their services and natural capital accounting
- oceans as a resource for energy, food production and minerals
- mega cities and urbanisation including impact of urban sprawl on resources
- role of education and social aspects