The book Land use, climate change and biodiversity modeling: perspectives and applications combines state-of-the-art modelling approaches at various scales with case studies from across the world. The cases include applications of the GLOBIO model in Central- and South America, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. The examples help natural resource managers, scientists and decision makers overcome their fear of models. The case studies show how to translate models into results and illustrate how pro-active implementation can mitigate biodiversity loss. Aspects of models such as IMAGE and GLOBIO and also the land use allocation model CLUE prove to be very useful at (sub-)national levels.