Erin Sills
Bio
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 (including current project on sociohydrology of the Brazilian Amazon); Impact evaluation (including current project on energy poverty in southern Africa).
Courses
ES200 – Climate Change and Sustainability
Area(s) of Expertise
Economic Development, International Forestry
Publications
- A ‘middle way’ for Indonesian fires , Nature Sustainability (2021)
- Cultural ecosystem services caught in a 'coastal squeeze' between sea level rise and urban expansion , GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS (2021)
- Do forests provide watershed services for farmers in the humid tropics? Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon , ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS (2021)
- Evaluating the Impact of REDD+ Interventions on Household Forest Revenue in Peru , FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE (2021)
- Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries , RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (2021)
- A Discounted Cash Flow and Capital Budgeting Analysis of Silvopastoral Systems in the Amazonas Region of Peru , Land (2020)
- Forest Certification and Forest Use: A Comprehensive Analysis , The Wicked Problem of Forest Policy: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in Forest Landscapes (2020)
- Impacts of Protected Area Deforestation on Dry‐Season Regional Climate in the Brazilian Amazon , Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2020)
- Investing in local capacity to respond to a federal environmental mandate: Forest & economic impacts of the Green Municipality Program in the Brazilian Amazon , WORLD DEVELOPMENT (2020)
- Making incremental progress: impacts of a REDD+ pilot initiative in Nepal , Environmental Research Letters (2020)