PROJECTS

Connecting landscapes, ​​policies, and communities

Drivers of Amazon Deforestation

Geospatial analysis using remote sensing and property-level data to identify the underlying drivers of deforestation in the Amazon.

Tracing Commodity Supply Chains

Developing new approaches to track and understand commodity supply chains across Latin America and the US.

Evaluating Policy Outcomes

Integrating causal econometric analysis with the best field and property-level data to bring new understanding to company and producer responses to public and private sector policies.

Very High Resolution Mapping

Developing AI-driven models to analyze high resolution satellite imagery, particularly related to estimating cattle presence and densities.

Forest and Biodiversity Conservation

Finding links between land-use change from commodity agriculture expansion and impacts to biodiversity across the worlds most threated and biodiverse forests and regions to guide strategies for conservation.

Human Health and Land Use Change

Expanding agricultural frontiers and climate change have direct impacts on human health and well-being.