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)
- Measuring the value of public hunting land using a hedonic approach , HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE (2021)
- Reviewing the evidence on the roles of forests and tree-based systems in poverty dynamics , FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS (2021)
- Sustainability of agricultural production following deforestation in the tropics: Evidence on the value of newly-deforested, long-deforested and forested land in the Brazilian Amazon , LAND USE POLICY (2021)
- The Implications of Learning on Bidding Behavior in a Repeated First Price Conservation Auction with Targeting , STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT (2021)
- The color of water: The contributions of green and blue water to agricultural productivity in the Western Brazilian Amazon , WORLD DEVELOPMENT (2021)