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Erin O. Sills
Associate Professor
Education:
B.A. Princeton University (1990)
M.A. Duke University (1996)
Ph.D. Duke University (1998)
Research Interests:
Markets and payments for non-timber forest benefits;
Forest-based livelihoods and economic development; Deforestation and land use in the tropics; Economic assessment of invasive species policies; Program evaluation with matching methods and panel data.
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Courses:
Contact:
NC State University
Department of Forestry
and Environmental Resources
Raleigh, NC 27695
Tel: 919 515-7784
E-mail: erin_sills@ncsu.edu
Publications
- Saha, S., Pattanayak, S. K., Sills, E. O., & Singha, A. K. (2011). Under-mining health: Environmental justice and mining in India. Health & Place, 17(1), 140-148.
Publication type: Article - Caplow, S., Jagger, P., Lawlor, K., & Sills, E. (2011). Evaluating land use and livelihood impacts of early forest carbon projects: Lessons for learning about REDD. Environmental Science & Policy, 14(2), 152-167.
Publication type: Article - Weber, J. G., Sills, E. O., Bauch, S., & Pattanayak, S. K. (2011). Do ICDPs Work? An empirical evaluation of forest-based microenterprises in the Brazilian Amazon. Land Economics, 87(4), 661-681.
Publication type: Article - Bigsby, K. M., Tobin, P. C., & Sills, E. O. (2011). Anthropogenic drivers of gypsy moth spread. Biological Invasions, 13(9), 2077-2090.
Publication type: Article - Arriagada, R. A., Sills, E. O., Pattanayak, S. K., Cubbage, F. W., & Gonzalez, E. (2010). Modeling fertilizer externalities around Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica. Agricultural Economics, 41(6), 567-575.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E. O., & Caviglia-Harris, J. L. (2009). Evolution of the Amazonian frontier: Land values in Rondonia, Brazil. Land Use Policy, 26(1), 55-67.
Publication type: Article - Bauch, S., Sills, E., Rodriguez, L. C. E., McGinley, K., & Cubbage, F. (2009). Forest policy reform in Brazil. Journal of Forestry, 107(3), 132-138.
Publication type: Article - Holmes, T. P., Aukema, J. E., Von Holle, B., Liebhold, A., & Sills, E. (2009). Economic impacts of invasive species in forests past, present, and future. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1162, 18-38.
Publication type: Article - Wendland, K. J., & Sills, E. O. (2008). Dissemination of food crops with nutritional benefits: Adoption and disadoption of soybeans in Togo and Benin. Natural Resources Forum, 32(1), 39-52.
Publication type: Article - Atmadja, S., & Sills, E. (2008). Discount rates of limited resource woodland owners in North Carolina and Virginia. In J. Siry (Ed.), Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop. (Conference Proceedings, ).
Publication type: Conference paper - Beach, R., Sills, E., Liu, T., & Pattanayak, S. (2008). The influence of forest management on vulnerability to severe weather. In J. Pye & Y. Sands (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Forest Environmental Threats.
Publication type: Web site - Cubbage, F., Harou, P., & Sills, E. (2007). Policy instruments to enhance multi-functional forest management. Forest Policy and Economics, 9(7), 833-851.
Publication type: Article - Carrasco, L., Blank, G., & Sills, E. (2006). Characterizing environmental impact statements for road projects in North Carolina. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 24(1), 65-79.
Publication type: Article - Pattanayak, S., Dickinson, K., Corey, C., Murray, B., Sills, E., & Kramer, R. (2006). Deforestation, malaria and poverty: a call for transdisciplinary research to support the design of cross-sectoral policies. Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2(2), 45-56.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E., Miller, J., Saha, S., & Pattanayak, S. (2006). Forest livelihoods and iron ore mines in Orissa, India. Sylvanet, 19(1).
Publication type: Article - Sills, E., & Pattanayak, S. (2006). Tropical trade-offs: an economic perspective on tropical forests. In S. Spray & K. McGlothlin (Eds.), Tropical Deforestation. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication type: Chapter - Sills, E., Pattanayak, S., Ferraro, P., & Alger, K. (2006). Abordagens analaticas na avaliacao de impactos reais de programas de conservacao. Megadiversidade, 2(1-2), 39-49.
Publication type: Article - Caviglia-Harris, J. L., & Sills, E. O. (2005). Land use and income diversification: comparing traditional and colonist populations in the Brazilian Amazon. Agricultural Economics, 32(3), 221-237.
Publication type: Article - Atmadja, N., & Sills, E. (2005). Looking for a win-win situation: a meta-analysis of poverty and deforestation. In S. J. Chang (Ed.), Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop. (Conference Proceedings, ).
Publication type: Conference paper - Pattanayak, S. K., Sills, E. O., & Kramer, R. A. (2004). Seeing the forest for the fuel. Environment and Development Economics, 9(2004 Apr), 155-179.
Publication type: Article - Mance, K., Sills, E., & Warren, S. (2004). Outreach to limited resource forest landowners: extension innovation for low literacy audiences. In D. Baumgartner (Ed.), Human Dimensions of Family, Farm, and Community Forestry. (Conference Proceedings, ).
Publication type: Conference paper - Sills, E., & Estevez, R. (2004). Survey results from NC State University. Pine Tips: Newsletter of the Eastern NC Christmas Tree Growers Association, .
Publication type: Article - Sills, E., & Pattanayak, S. (2004). Reflections on West Africa. Sylvanet, 17(1), 17.
Publication type: Article - Chhabra, D., Healy, R., & Sills, E. (2003). Staged authenticity and heritage tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 30(3), 702-719.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E. O., & Abt, K. L. (Eds.). (2003). Forests in a market economy -- (Forestry sciences; v. 72). Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Publication type: Book - Siry, J. P., Cubbage, F. W., & Sills, E. O. (2003). Forest production. In E. O. Sills, & K. L. Abt (Eds.) Forests in a market economy. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Publication type: Chapter - Sills, E. O., Lele, S., Holmes, T. P., & Pattanayak, S. K. (2003). Nontimber forest products in the rural household economy. In E. O. Sills, & K. L. Abt (Eds.) Forests in a market economy. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Publication type: Chapter - Englin, J. E., Holmes, T. P., & Sills, E. O. (2003). Estimating forest recreation demand using count data models. In E. O. Sills, & K. L. Abt (Eds.) Forests in a market economy. Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Publication type: Chapter - Chhabra, D., Sills, E., & Cubbage, F. W. (2003). The significance of festivals to rural economies: estimating the economic impacts of Scottish Highland Games in North Carolina. Journal of Travel Research, 41(4), 421-427.
Publication type: Article - Pattanayak, S. K., Mercer, D. E., Sills, E., & Yang, J. C. (2003). Taking stock of agroforestry adoption studies. Agroforestry Systems, 57, 173-186.
Publication type: Article - Pattanayak, S., Sills, E., Mehta, A., & Kramer, R. (2003). Local uses of parks: uncovering patterns of household production from the forests of Siberut, Indonesia. Conservation and Society, 1(2), 209-222.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E., & Abt, K. (2003). Introduction. In E. Sills & K. Abt (Eds.), Forests in a Market Economy. (pp. 1-8). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Publication type: Chapter - Snider, A., Pattanayak, S., Sills, E., & Schuler, J. (2003). Policy innovations for private forest management and conservation in costa rica. Journal of Forestry, 101(5), 18-23.
Publication type: Article - Cassingham, K. M., Sills, E. O., Pattanayak, S. K., & Mansfield, C. A. (2002). North Carolina's natural heritage program: A case for public- private cooperation. Journal of Forestry, 100(5), 16-23.
Publication type: Article - Cassingham, K., Sills, E., Pattanayak, S., & Mansfield, C. (2002). Spatial sssessment of a voluntary forest conservation rogramme in North Carolina. In L. Teeter, B. Cashore, & D. Zhang (Eds.), Forest Policy for Private Forestry: Global and Regional Challenges. (pp. 129-141). CABI Publishing.
Publication type: Chapter - Chhabra, D., Sills, E., & Rea, P. (2002). Tourist expenditures at heritage festivals. Event Management Journal, 7(4), 221-230.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E. (2002). The international experience: natural resource education overseas. In Proceedings of the University Education in Natural Resources Conference. (Conference Proceedings, ).
Publication type: Conference paper - Sills, E. (2002). Financing conservation with certified timber: lessons from Belize. Sylvanet, 15(1), 7-9.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E., & Ingle, C. (2002). What explains legislative voting on the environment?. Carolina Conservationist, , 5.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E., & Mirrett, E. (2002). Survey examines organic farmers' views of trees on farms. Temperate Agroforester, 10(4), 8.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E., Romero, E., & Sabido, W. (2002). Certified timber production in Belize. In G. Amacher & J. Sullivan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2002 Southern Forest Economics Workshop. (Conference Proceedings, ).
Publication type: Conference paper - Warren, S., Williamson, R., & Sills, E. (2002). Minority landholders and working forests in the south. In Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters Convention. (Conference Proceedings, ).
Publication type: Conference paper - Pattanayak, S. K., & Sills, E. O. (2001). Do tropical forests provide natural insurance? The microeconomics of non-timber forest product collection in the Brazilian Amazon. Land Economics, 77(4), 595-613.
Publication type: Article - Murthy, A., Sills, E., & Cubbage, F. W. (2001). Market and nonmarket values of forests in North Carolina. In D. Zhang & S. Mehmood (Eds.), Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop. (Conference Proceedings, ).
Publication type: Conference paper - Pattanayak, S., Mehta, A., Sills, E., & Kramer, R. (2001). Local uses of parks: economic contributions of forest products. In D. Zhang & S. Mehmood (Eds.), Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop. (Conference Proceedings, ).
Publication type: Conference paper - Pattanayak, S., Mercer, D. E., Sills, E., & Cassingham, K. (2001). Adopting agroforestry. In D. Zhang & S. Mehmood (Eds.), Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop. (Conference Proceedings, ).
Publication type: Conference paper - Sills, E. (2001). Agroforestry in Paraguay. Sylvanet, 14(1), 7-10.
Publication type: Article - Espinoza, J., Pattanayak, S. K., & Sills, E. (2000). Weak complementarity and ecosystem benefits estimation: soil conservation in Flores, Indonesia. In M. Pelkki (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2000 Southern Forest Economics Workshop. (Conference Proceedings, ) University of Arkansas, Monticello.
Publication type: Conference paper - Sills, E. (2000). Developing a non-timber resource in the Brazilian Amazon: determinants of household participation. In M. Pelkki (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2000 Southern Forest Economics Workshop. (Conference Proceedings, ) University of Arkansas, Monticello.
Publication type: Conference paper - Sills, E. (2000). Governo da Floresta in Acre, Brazil. Sylvanet, 13(3), 3-5.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E. (2000). World view: learning firsthand about world forestry. NC State Bulletin, Mar, 2.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E. (1998). Options for estimating and influencing local collection of forest products. In R. Abt & K. Lee (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1998 Southern Forest Economics Workshop. (Conference Proceedings, ) Research Triangle Park, USDA Forest Service.
Publication type: Conference paper - Cubbage, F. W., Andriguetto-Filho, J. M., Sills, E. O., Motta, M., & Muller, M. V. Y. (1996). Protection of the Atlantic coastal forests in the Northern Littoral region of the state of Parana: legal and administrative frameworks. In F. Schmithusen (Ed.), Contributions of the IUFRO Working Group on Forest Law and Environmental Legislation. (pp. 24-41).
Publication type: Chapter - Sills, E., & Muller, M. V. Y. (1996). Domestic nature tourism in Brazil's protected areas: can Brazilian tourists save the Brazilian rainforest?. SECOLAS Annals Journal of the Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies, 27, 68-80.
Publication type: Article - Sills, E., Alwang, J., & Driscoll, P. (1994). Migrant farm workers on Virginia's eastern shore: an analysis of economic impacts. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 26(1), 209-223.
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