Two factors have elevated recent academic and policy interest in tropical deforestation: first,
the realization that it is a major contributor to climate change; and second, a revolution in …

The increasing availability of satellite data at higher spatial, temporal and spectral
resolutions is enabling new applications in agriculture and economic development …

Cover crops are gaining traction in many agricultural regions, partly driven by increased
public subsidies and by private markets for ecosystem services. These payments are …

Regression discontinuity designs (RDD) are increasingly being employed in agricultural and
environmental economics to identify causal effects. Here, we showcase recent applications …

Research relying on remotely sensed data on land use and deforestation has exploded in
recent years. While satellite-based measures have clear advantages in terms of coverage …

Land-use land-cover (LULC) change is one of the most important anthropogenic threats to
biodiversity and ecosystems integrity. As a result, the systematic generation of annual …

Abstract The United States (US) imports 87 percent of its avocados from a single Mexican
region, Michoacán. Although environmental and social costs associated with avocado …

In support of the environmental justice (EJ) movement, researchers, activists, and
policymakers often use environmental data to document evidence of the unequal distribution …

The application of quasiexperimental impact evaluation to remotely sensed measures of
deforestation has yielded important evidence detailing the effectiveness of conservation …

Dexing City is an important mining city in China, abounding in copper ore, lead ore, zinc ore,
and other metal resources, and there are two large open-pit mines in its territory, Dexing …