By Juliana D B Gil, Rachael D Garrett, Alan Rotz, Vassilis Daioglou, Judson Valentim, Gabrielle F Pires, Marcos H Costa, Luciano Lopes and Julio C Reis. Environmental Research Letters, June 2018.
Rachael Garrett featured in Ciência e Clima article entitled, “Adaptação da agropecuária em Mato Grosso.” Ciência e Clima, June 28, 2018.
Rachael Garrett, Associate Director of the Land Use and Livelihoods Initiative (LULI) at the GDP Center and Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University, published an article in the open access journal Environmental Research Letters. The study, entitled “Tradeoffs in the quest for climate smart agricultural intensification in Mato Grasso, […]
Rachael Garrett, Associate Director of the Land Use and Livelihoods Initiative (LULI) at the GDP Center and Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University, recently published the article “Transparency and sustainability in the global commodity supply chains” in the multidisciplinary journal World Development. Text from the article: Despite an explosion of […]
Outlooks to outcomes: Interdisciplinary approaches to land-based livelihoods and land use change. On May 4, 2018, the GDP Center hosted the inaugural Land Use & Livelihoods Initiative (LULI) workshop inviting 19 leading scholars and practitioners to engage in a series of productive discussions surrounding land-based livelihoods and land use change. Experts shared insights from research […]
Julie Michelle Klinger has just been awarded the distinguished American Association for Geographers (AAG) Meridian Book Award for her outstanding debut book, Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes (Cornell University Press, 2017). “Clearly written and appealing to a wide, general audience, Rare Earth Frontiers lays bare the complex web of relationships involved in the […]
Rachael Garrett featured in BU Research article entitled “Farmers & Forests: Economist and Geographer Rachael Garrett Wants to Save Brazil’s Rainforest, While Helping Farmers and Ranchers Thrive.” BU Research, February 22, 2018.
Rachael Garrett, Associate Director of the Land Use and Livelihoods Initiative at Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center is featured on the home page of bu.edu. The article, below, highlights Garrett’s work in Brazil, where cattle ranching, farming, and the growth of cities has led to the deforestation of 150,000 square miles of rainforest since […]
By Julie Klinger. Dialogo Chino, February 15, 2018
By Julie Klinger. Dialogo Chino, February 8, 2018.