We aim to develop the scientific underpinnings for sustainable land use that balances societal needs for food and other necessities with conservation of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, and healthy environments. We use remote sensing, GIS, surveys, and field measurements in a variety of tropical landscapes.
The DeFries lab is housed within the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology. Members work closely with colleagues through the Earth Institute.
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DeFries participates in collaboration to reconcile multiple goals in landscapes across India, published in Nature Sustainability. Open source preprint is here. Summary of the paper is here.
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