Post-doc Nandini Velho is collaborator on a project selected by the Wellcome Trust for funding titled “Towards health equity: understanding and improving health of forest-dwelling tribal communities in southern India”
Post doc Kyle Davis published a paper on water limits to closing yield gaps
Ruth DeFries is named as 2016 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher along with 200 scientists in environment/ecology category and 3500 scientists worldwide
Megan Cattau publishes paper asking if fires are reduced on concessions certified by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil
Meghna Agarwala’s paper on species composition of forests of Central India highlights effects of human use
Miriam Marlier and Ruth DeFries co-author paper on health impact of fires in Southeast Asia. The paper received widespread press coverage the New York Times and the Guardian among other outlets.
DeFries et al. publish “Synergies and trade-offs for sustainable agriculture: Nutritional yields and climate-resilience for cereal crops in Central India” in Global Food Security.
Special issue on “A Landscape Approach to Conservation and Development in the Central Indian Highlands” published in Regional Environmental Change
PhD student Benjamin Clark’s paper on water stress in central Indian Highlands is published in Regional Environmental Change
Megan Cattau’s paper on sources of fires in central Kalimantan published in Global Environmental Change
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