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Anil Graves is a Senior Lecturer in Land Use Systems at Cranfield Environment Centre, Cranfield University, with over two decades of research experience in sustainable land systems, agroforestry, soil resources, and ecosystem services. His interdisciplinary work integrates biophysical, economic, and social science methods to evaluate land use change and its impacts under future scenarios.
He holds a BSc (Hons) in Natural Resources Development from the University of East Anglia, and an MSc and PhD from Cranfield University, focusing on land and water management and bio-economic modeling of agroforestry systems, respectively. His early career included seven years of fieldwork in southern India on catchment management and reforestation.
Graves' research spans carbon and climate risk, digital agriculture, natural capital valuation, and soil sustainability. He develops and applies spatially explicit models to assess ecosystem services, trade-offs in land use systems, and the economic viability of novel crops like Sida hermaphrodita and Silphium perfoliatum. His recent work includes the Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus in Andean countries and regenerative agriculture in the UK.
His publications reveal a strong focus on modeling agroforestry systems, valuing ecosystem services, and assessing environmental and economic impacts of land use. Themes include climate change mitigation, soil degradation costs, biodiversity, and stakeholder preferences. His work is frequently published in high-impact journals such as Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Land Use Policy, and Science of the Total Environment.
- Economic and social impact of novel bioenergy crops (SidaTim, EU)
- Value of wetlands for wellbeing (WetlandLIFE, NERC)
- Food, environment, energy, and water nexus in Peru and Ecuador (NERC/CONICYT)
- Restoration of peatlands under climate change (ASC)
- Impacts of lowland peatland restoration on food security (Natural England)
- Fusion of satellite and ground data for crop optimization (ESA)
He has advised and collaborated with major organizations including Defra, NERC, EU, ESA, and the Committee on Climate Change. His research informs policy on sustainable agriculture, climate adaptation, and land use planning.
Graves is actively involved in academic supervision and teaching, though specific advisees are not listed. He contributes to books and reports on agroforestry modeling and classification, and is a key figure in European agroforestry research networks.
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