covid and migration in central India
Ruth DeFries and colleagues publish on covid-19 and migration in forest-fringe villages in central India A summary of the paper is here.
Sounds of Mumbai
PhD student Pooja Choksi shares the Sounds of Mumbai during covid-19 lockdown
Infrastructure in India
DeFries co-authored a paper about forest fragmentation in India from the SNAPP project on Landscape Connectivity in India. See press coverage here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Anand Osuri published paper on co-benefits in human dominated forests
Former postdoc Anand Osuri publishes paper on carbon storage and diversity in human-dominated forests in the Western Ghats
Neelakantan paper on food security in central India
Former PhD student Amrita Neelakantan publishes paper on food security in central India.
Osuri publishes on tree diversity
Former post-doc Anand Osuri publishes paper on carbon capture in forests and plantations. Press coverage is here, here, here, here, and here.
Blog on fieldwork
PhD students Sariak Khanwilkar and Pooja Choksi blog about their field work with bioacoustics
Paper on Indian cereals
Former post doc Kyle Davis, Ruth DeFries and colleagues publish paper on post Green Revolution cereals in India.
See press coverage here.
Vijay Ramesh awarded Rufford Grant
PhD student Vijay Ramesh wins a Rufford Grant for his project on “Conservation through Sounds: Using Acoustics to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Forest Restoration”
Missing climate risks
Op ed in New York Times highlights missing climate risks discussed in policy paper co-authored by Ruth DeFries
