Ruth DeFries
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Recent Articles
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Choksi P, Agrawal A, Bialy I, Chaturvedi R, Davis K, Dhyani S, et al.
NPJ Biodivers
. 2024 Sep;
2(1):7.
PMID: 39242867
No abstract available.
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Cooley S, Pinto N, Becerra M, Alvarado J, Fahlen J, Rivera O, et al.
Ecol Evol
. 2024 Aug;
14(8):e70116.
PMID: 39114160
Improving our ability to monitor fragmented tropical ecosystems is a critical step in supporting the stewardship of these complex landscapes. We investigated the structural characteristics of vegetation classes in Ucayali,...
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Khanwilkar S, Galletti C, Mondal P, Urpelainen J, Nagendra H, Jhala Y, et al.
Sci Data
. 2023 Oct;
10(1):738.
PMID: 37880331
Satellite imagery has been used to provide global and regional estimates of forest cover. Despite increased availability and accessibility of satellite data, approaches for detecting forest degradation have been limited....
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DeFries R, Liang S, Chhatre A, Davis K, Ghosh S, Rao N, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2023 Jun;
13(1):9960.
PMID: 37340018
India is the world's second largest producer of wheat, with more than 40% increase in production since 2000. Increasing temperatures raise concerns about wheat's sensitivity to heat. Traditionally-grown sorghum is...
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Heilpern S, Fiorella K, Canas C, Flecker A, Moya L, Naeem S, et al.
Nat Food
. 2023 Apr;
2(3):192-197.
PMID: 37117451
With declining capture fisheries production, maintaining nutrient supplies largely hinges on substituting wild fish with economically comparable farmed animals. Although such transitions are increasingly commonplace across global inland and coastal...
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Lofqvist S, Kleinschroth F, Bey A, de Bremond A, DeFries R, Dong J, et al.
Bioscience
. 2023 Mar;
73(2):134-148.
PMID: 36896142
Ecosystem restoration is an important means to address global sustainability challenges. However, scientific and policy discourse often overlooks the social processes that influence the equity and effectiveness of restoration interventions....
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DeFries R, Agarwala M, Baquie S, Choksi P, Khanwilkar S, Mondal P, et al.
Biotropica
. 2022 Dec;
54(6):1480-1490.
PMID: 36582545
Despite multiple approaches over the last several decades to harmonize conservation and development goals in the tropics, forest-dependent households remain the poorest in the world. Durable housing and alternatives to...
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DeFries R, Ahuja R, Friedman J, Gordon D, Hamburg S, Kerr S, et al.
Science
. 2022 Jun;
376(6598):1163-1165.
PMID: 35679411
The voluntary carbon market needs to embrace changes for the land sector.
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Schoen J, Neelakantan A, Cushman S, Dutta T, Habib B, Jhala Y, et al.
Conserv Biol
. 2022 Mar;
PMID: 35288989
As ecological data and associated analyses become more widely available, synthesizing results for effective communication with stakeholders is essential. In the case of wildlife corridors, managers in human-dominated landscapes need...
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Meyfroidt P, de Bremond A, Ryan C, Archer E, Aspinall R, Chhabra A, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2022 Feb;
119(7).
PMID: 35131937
Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation, climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we synthesize knowledge accumulated in land system...