Paper link here! doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

This collaboration with @mills-novoa.bsky.social, Eva Kinnebrew, Elizabeth Shoffner, Pepe Ochoa, + Aldo Farah-Perez was funded by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). I'm at @cu-esiil.bsky.social now, + so grateful for synthesis centers and the research they make possible!

Our new paper demonstrates that through integrating qual discourse analysis with quant land use change models in deforestation studies, we can gain insights into both regional + context-specific drivers of forest loss, and the need to critically consider dominant conservation discourses

and 3) demonstrating that land use change models that integrate qualitative + quantitative methods + data have better predictive ability than more standard, quantitative-only models (doi.org/10.1111/cobi...)

2) quantifying land use change in Jamanxim National Forest in Brazil, Peru's Tambopata National Reserve + Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, and Amboró and Carrasco National Parks in Bolivia (doi.org/10.1371/jour...),

This follows our previous work 1) reviewing how qualitative + quantitative methods are combined in land use change science (doi.org/10.1111/cobi...),

In our new paper in Biological Conservation, we look at how conservation discourses (the narratives about conservation promoted by govt + non-profit groups) can shape (and constrain) our understanding of the drivers of + solutions to protected area deforestation across 3 case study sites