Changes of Land-Cover and Land-Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
in Northern Eurasia: Impacts on Human Adaptation and Quality of
Life at Regional and Global Scales This cooperative project, led
by Purdue University with participation from MIT and the Marine
Biological Laboratory, is investigating how patterns of land-use
in Northern Eurasia may change in the future due to: 1) Economic
pressures for providing food, fiber and fuel to a growing global
population; 2) Opportunities for expanding managed ecosystems
into areas that experience a more favorable climate in the
future; and 3) Abandonment of managed ecosystems in other areas
that experience a less favorable climate. MIT's contribution to
the study involves the development of global economic scenarios
of economic development, population growth, and climate policy
that are driving forces for future food, fuel, and forest
product demand as well as emissions of greenhouse gases. These
scenarios are being developed using the Emissions Prediction and
Policy Ana