Prof. Dr. Jan Börner
Research themes
- Land use and food security
- Environmental and climate change
- Global development and trade
- Ecosystem services
- Sustainable use of natural resources
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Impact Analysis
- Land, water, food and energy
- Governance, conflicts and natural resources
Research countries
- Brazil
- Indonesia
- Peru
Research projects
Working groups
Our working groups deals with questions on the optimal choice and design of environmental and tropical forest conservation policies with a specific focus on the Amazon region.
Teaching
Impact Evaluation of Conservation and Development Policies and Initiatives (ENV-130) Research Seminar on Environmental Economics and Policy (ENV-300) Advanced Environmental Economics (ENV-210) Environmental and Resource Economics Modules in ZEF's Doctoral Studies Program
Additional Information:
For all publications visit my Google Scholar Profile
Supervision of
ongoing doctoral theses
ongoing doctoral theses
Hugo Rosa da Conceição, University of Bonn
Johannes Schielein, University of Bonn
Javier Miranda, University of Bonn
Galia Figueroa Alfonso, University of Bonn
Renzo Giudice Granados, University of Bonn
Salwa Haddad, University of Bonn
Gabriel Frey, University of Bonn
Silke Heuser, UNU-MERIT
Supervision of
completed doctoral theses
completed doctoral theses
Dawit Diriba Guta, University of Bonn
Vanesa Rodríguez Osuna, Leipzig University
Marco Elías Cisneros Tersitsch, University of Bonn
Marina Londres, University of Florida
Degrees
M.Sc. in International Agricultural Sciences (Humboldt University, Berlin); Dr. agr. (University of Bonn)
Funding institutions
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Robert Bosch Foundation NRW Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC) Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Contacts
Email: jborner(at)uni-bonn.de
2020
2020.
Evaluating REDD+ at subnational level: Amazon fund impacts in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
Forest Policy and Economics ,
116:102178 : DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102178 .
2020.
patially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: Mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil's soy exports.
Global Environmental Change,
62 : 102067 .
2020.
Understanding Adoption and Design of Incentive-Based Forest Conservation Policies: A Case Study of the SISA Program in Acre, Brazil.
In: Fuders F., Donoso P. (eds.): Ecological Economic and Socio Ecological Strategies for Forest Conservation. Springer, Cham.
2019
2019.
Quantifying the global cropland footprint of the European Union's non-food bioeconomy.
Environmental Research Letters,
14 : 45001 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2019.
Impacts of conservation incentives in protected areas: The case of Bolsa Floresta, Brazi.
PES Learning Paper 2019-1. Environment, Natural Resources & Blue Economy, World Bank.
Washington DC, USA.
Further Information
2019.
Selection biases and spillovers from collective conservation incentives in the Peruvian Amazon.
Environmental Research Letters,
: in press .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2019.
Economic Impacts and Land Use Change from Increasing Demand for Forest Products in the European Bioeconomy: A General Equilibrium Based Sensitivity Analysis.
Forests,
10(1) .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2019.
A review of global-local-global linkages in economic land-use/cover change models.
Environmental Research Letters,
14(5) : 053003 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2019.
Exploring the future of the bioeconomy: An expert-based scoping study examining key enabling technology fields with potential to foster the transition toward a bio-based economy.
Technology in Society,
in press .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2019.
Land speculation and conservation policy leakage in Brazil.
Environmental Research Letters,
: in press .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2019.
A Bayesian network approach to modelling land-use decisions under environmental policy incentives in the Brazilian Amazon.
Journal of Land Use Science,
DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2019.1709223 .
2019.
What Drives Intensification of Land Use at Agricultural Frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from a Decision Game.
Forests,
10(6) : 464 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2018
2018.
Sustainability Performance of National Bio-Economies.
Sustainability,
10(8) : 2705 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2018.
National and subnational forest conservation policies: What works, what doesn't.
In: A. Angelsen, C. Martius, V. de Sy, A.E. Duchelle, A.M. Larson, Pham T.T. (eds.): Transforming REDD+: Lessons and new directions. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.
105-116.
Further Information
2018.
The global cropland footprint of the non-food bioeconomy. ZEF Discussion Paper 253.
Further Information
2018.
Governance of the Bioeconomy: A Global Comparative Study of National Bioeconomy Strategies.
Sustainability,
10(9) : 3190 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2018.
Land use mediated GHG emissions and spillovers from increased consumption of bioplastics.
Environmental Research Letters,
13 (12) : 125005 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2018.
Simulated Impacts of Soy and Infrastructure Expansion in the Brazilian Amazon: A Maximum Entropy Approach.
Forests,
9(10) : 600 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2018.
Transparency and sustainability in global commodity supply chains.
World Development,
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.05.025 .
Further Information
2018.
REDD+ as a Public Policy Dilemma: Understanding Conflict and Cooperation in the Design of Conservation Incentives.
Forests,
9(11) : 725 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2018.
Recent transformations of land-use and land-cover dynamics across different deforestation frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon.
Land Use Policy,
76 : 81-94 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2017
2017.
The Effectiveness of Payments for Environmental Services.
World Development,
96 : 359–374 .
Further Information
2017.
Energy security, uncertainty and energy resource use options in Ethiopia: A sector modelling approach.
International Journal of Energy Sector Management,
11(1) : 91-117 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2017.
Land resources and the SDGs.
In: Paul L. G. Vlek, Asia Khamzina, and Lulseged Tamene (eds.): Land degradation and the Sustainable Development Goals: Threats and potential remedies. CIAT / CGIAR.
17-31.
(Open Acess)
Further Information
2017.
Governance of Renewable Resources.
In: Giraldeau, L.-A., Heeb, P., Kosfeld, M. (eds.): Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics: Principles and Applications. Ernst Strüngemann Forum / The MIT Press.
97-118.
Further Information
2017.
Soybean certification and tropical deforestation in Brazil: how to move towards zero-net deforestation. ZEF Policy Brief 28.
Further Information
2016
2016.
Mainstreaming impact evaluation in nature conservation.
Conservation Letters,
9(1) : 58-64 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2016.
Emerging Evidence on the Effectiveness of Tropical Forest Conservation.
PLOS ONE ,
11(11) : e0159152 .
(Open Access)
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2016.
Will up-scaled forest conservation incentives in the Peruvian Amazon produce cost-effective and equitable outcomes?.
Environmental Conservation,
in press .
Further Information
2016.
The implementation costs of forest conservation policies in Brazil.
Ecological Economics,
130 : 209-220 .
Further Information
2015
2015.
Mixing Carrots and Sticks to Conserve Forests in the Brazilian Amazon: A Spatial Probabilistic Modeling Approach..
PLOS ONE,
10(2) : e0116846 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2015.
How Do Rural Households Cope with Economic Shocks? Insights from Global Data using Hierarchical Analysis.
Journal of Agricultural Economics,
66(2) : 392-414 .
Further Information
2015.
Post-Crackdown Effectiveness of Field-Based Forest Law Enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon..
PLOS ONE,
10(4) : e0121544 .
(Open Access)
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2015.
Naming and Shaming for Conservation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon..
PLOS ONE,
10(9) : e0136402 .
(Open Access)
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2015.
Energy security, uncertainty, and energy resource use option in Ethiopia: A sector modelling approach (ZEF Discussion Paper).
Further Information
2015.
Bioenergy, food security and poverty reduction: trade-offs and synergies along the water–energy–food security nexus..
Water International,
40(5-6) : 1-19 .
Further Information
2015.
Responses to weather and climate : a cross-section analysis of rural incomes. World Bank Report No. WPS7478.
Further Information
2015.
Why were upscaled incentive programs for forest conservation adopted? Comparing policy choices in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.
Ecosystem Services,
16 : 243-252 .
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2014
2014.
Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis.
World Development,
64 Supplement 1 : S12-S28 .
(Open Access)
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2014.
Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: costs and income effects.
Global Environmental Change,
29 : 294-305 .
Further Information
2014.
Smallholder Specialization Strategies along the Forest Transition Curve in Southwestern Amazonia.
World Development,
64 Supplement 1 : S149-S158 .
(Open Access)
Further Information
2014.
Linking Forest Tenure Reform, Environmental Compliance, and Incentives: Lessons from REDD+ Initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon.
World Development,
55 : 53-67 .
Further Information
2014.
Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions.
Global Environmental Change,
28 : 129-140 .
Further Information
2014.
Scoping Adaptation Needs for Smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon: A Municipal Level Case Study.
Change Adaptation Socioecol. Syst. (CASES),
1(1) : 12-25 .
Further Information
2014.
Small-Scale Producers, Risk and Climate Change in an Amazonian Municipality.
In: Lac, S., McHenry, M.P. (eds.): Climate Change and Forest Ecosystems. Climate change and its causes, effect and prediction. Nova Publishers Inc..
135-151.
Further Information
2014.
Safety Nets, Gap Filling and Forests: A Global-Comparative Perspective.
World Development,
64 Supplement 1 : S29-S42 .
(Open Access)
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2013
2013.
Managing Tropical Forest Ecosystem Services: An Overview of Options.
In: R. Muradian and L. Rival (eds.): Governing the Provision of Ecosystem Services. Springer.
21-46.
2013.
Approximating Optimal Numerical Solutions to Bio-economic Systems: How useful is Simulation-Optimization?.
Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture,
52(3) : 179-198 .
2013.
Promoting Forest Stewardship in the Bolsa Floresta Programme: Local Livelihood Strategies and Preliminary Impacts.
CIFOR, FAS, ZEF.
Bonn, Germany.
Further Information
2013.
Watershed services payments to small-holders in the Brazilian Amazon: challenges and perspectives.
Revista Ambiente & Água ,
8(2) : 6-17 .
2013.
Rural Income and Forest Reliance in Highland Guatemala.
Environmental Management,
51(5) : 1034-1043 .
Additionals, Curriculum Vitae
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Senior Researcher
Phone:
+49-228-73-1873
Department:
ZEF B: Department of Economic and Technological Change
E-Mail:
jborner(at)uni-bonn.de
