UCAM Cons & Dev Group (& ETH Environ. Policy Lab)

@cambridge_uni - understanding the causes of environmental change and identifying policies and practices that can contribute to a more sustainable future.

[Sam Levy @samlevyforest]

I am incredibly honoured to have been awarded the SFIAR group prize this week. While I was unable to join in person it was great to present my PhD project's findings to so many great scholars and industry representatives working on tropical agriculture in Switzerland!!

[Leonie Hodel @LeonieHodel]

I did it! Thank you, Doktormutter @rach_garr, and co-advisors @JanDirkWegner1 and @JacobiJohanna for the amazing advice and letting me push my boundaries. What a journey!

[GLP @GlobalLandP]

JOB: Asst Prof/Postdoc land system science lead with @GlobalLandP. Investigate implications of competing claims on land. 3-year renewable with potential for additional projects based on funding. https://t.co/22McTzNM1e

[Erasmus zu Ermgassen @erasmuszu]

Chocolate companies often make headlines for the wrong reasons: farmer poverty, deforestation

New research from @claudia_cpp looks at how the world’s 🍫 trading companies approach sustainability. A short🧵

tl;dr
Current sustainability efforts have more holes than an Aero bar☹

[Caetano Reis e Sousa @ReiseSousaLab]

Read this. Worth 5 minutes of your time.

It matters who does science https://t.co/fpBVRZKhW8

[Rede Amazônia Sustentável @RAS_network]

Great opportunity to work with RAS members @cg_leal and
@JosBarlow in our project investigating temporal changes in Amazonian freshwater #biodiversity in forest-agriculture landscapes.
*Please note that this position is for UK Students only

https://t.co/S7OJ6O7jiQ

[Julie G. Zähringer @julie_gwen]

Apply now to join my team as #PhD student conducting research on local impacts of global conservation policy on ecosystem services and social equity in #Laos! Within the fabulous ⁦@BridgingVALUES⁩ project led by ⁦@unaipasku⁩ and others ❤️ https://t.co/HbsMq8sFOX

[Sam Levy @samlevyforest]

Check out this great article in @AnthropoceneMag, where they cover recent work I led addressing the question "Do zero-deforestation commitments by the world’s largest slaughterhouses work? Actually, yes" https://t.co/FFxta6Bl1x

[Rhythima 🍉 @RhythimaShinde]

Pretty day and night at @EPL_at_ETH 🙏✨☀️ #phdlife

[UCAM Cons & Dev Group (& ETH Environ. Policy Lab) @CDL_at_UCAM]

New work led by @EPL_at_ETH alum @JaninaGrabs with @rach_garr

[K-State Ag Economics @kstateagecon]

Do efforts to reduce deforestation in Brazil lead to "leakage" that offsets the benefits? @nvilloria (K-State), @rach_garr (ETH Zurich & Cambridge), @tropicalscience (New York University), and @flogollnow (ETH Zurich), address in @NaturePortfolio. https://t.co/x4h57sZDQa

[Sara Löfqvist @saraloefqvist]

Our new paper is out in @Bioscience today! We explain how an increased focus on social processes in ecosystem restoration can improve equity and effectiveness of restoration interventions ⚖️🌳 Why is this, and how can this be achieved? A thread:

[ETH Zurich @ETH_en]

Matthieu Stigler, Postdoctoral researcher at @EPL_at_ETH, co-authored the @SIEPR paper "Using satellite imagery and machine learning to estimate the livelihood impact of electricity access".

[UCAM Cons & Dev Group (& ETH Environ. Policy Lab) @CDL_at_UCAM]

@joyceps__ @rach_garr Yes -
An oversimplified analysis. But still amusing as a rebuttal to any idea that seniority makes a better advisor.

[UCAM Cons & Dev Group (& ETH Environ. Policy Lab) @CDL_at_UCAM]

@erickdlbm @IIESUNAM @rach_garr @LeonieHodel @adelinachandra @flogollnow @JaninaGrabs @FeCammelli @QueenBioDiv @saraloefqvist @JossLyonsWhite @samlevyforest @joycebran @giguere_lau @hannahringheim @t_addoah @ocortner Everyone misses you!

[Erick de la Barrera 🌵 @erickdlbm]

Zurück at @IIESUNAM after a splendid sabbatical at @EPL_at_ETH. Thanks so much, @Rach_Garr und alle at the lab... labs! Will have to visit the new Attenborough hub soon!! (cc @LeonieHodel, @adelinachandra, @flogollnow, @JaninaGrabs, Matthieu & Jakob).

Vielen merci!

[Thomas Addoah @t_addoah]

I'm grateful for the massive support from my supervisor @rach_garr and @EPL_at_ETH colleagues. And to my amazing team of enumerators, extension agents, and importantly the cocoa farmers who spent their time sharing their experiences with me. A lot has been learnt and to digest.

[UCAM Cons & Dev Group (& ETH Environ. Policy Lab) @CDL_at_UCAM]

Super engaging talk by @LeonieHodel in our group meeting today on her systematic review & synthesis of the role of cultural systems within land systems.

[UCAM Cons & Dev Group (& ETH Environ. Policy Lab) @CDL_at_UCAM]

@joycebran Great addition!!

[UCAM Cons & Dev Group (& ETH Environ. Policy Lab) @CDL_at_UCAM]

Our team! ❤️❤️❤️