Pooja on podcast
PhD student Pooja Choksi spoke to the host of the podcast, The Subverse, Susan Mathews about what ecological restoration means to different people and how to measure it using novel tools like acoustics in central India.
Marsh award for Ruth DeFries
Ruth DeFries was awarded the 2021 Marsh Award for Climate Change Research by the British Ecological Society.
Project Dhvani in The Hindustan Times
The Hindustan Times featured Pooja, Vijay, and Sarika’s bioacoustics Project Dhvani
NCCI paper published
Former PhD student Amrita Neelakantan and Ruth DeFries publish on the Network for Conserving Central India
post doc positions
Post doc positions are available in the DeFries lab to work on nature-based solutions in India.
Mondal paper on food security in central India
Former postdoc Mondal published paper on multi-cropping and food security for smallholders in central India
Forest degradation and living standards in central India
DeFries and colleagues published a paper showing synergies between improved living standards and reduced forest degradation in central India.
Choksi paper on climate and migration in central India
PhD student Pooja Choksi publishes paper on sensitivity of migration to climate variability in central India
Benjamin Clark paper on tree cover and water supply
Former PhD student Benjamin Clark publishes on the impact of increasing tree cover on water supply in central India
LPG uptake in central India
PhD student Sarika Khanwilkar publishes on “Firewood, forests, and fringe populations: Exploring the Inequitable Socioeconomic Dimensions of LPG Adoption in India.”
