Jonah Busch

Environmental economist. Climate, forests, sustainable development, biodiversity.

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

How to Halt and Reverse Deforestation: Our comprehensive new review provides evidence-based solutions

My blog about Busch and Ferretti-Gallon (REEP, 2023), including access to ungated pdf

https://t.co/8ObrYnmSRO

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

@ForestsMatter @NatureClimate I've sent you a DM

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Our new paper in @NatureClimate!

“Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation”

https://t.co/lEilhiKAx0

We've mapped abatement cost ($/tCO2) for two common reforestation methods across 138 low- and middle-income countries...(thread)

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

@ForestsMatter @NatureClimate Great minds think alike. Definitely on our wishlist, if the opportunity arises!

[Jacob J. Bukoski @JacobBukoski]

This was also a monster analysis that involved compiling a tons of exciting data, producing spatial layers, and synthesizing the data within an economic modeling framework.

I'm biased, but a very cool example of interdisciplinary science that I will use in my teaching this fall.

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

@NatureClimate @SpringerNature @ConservationOrg With co-authors:

@JacobBukoski @OregonState

Susan Cook-Patton @nature_org

@BronsonGriscom @ConservationOrg

David Kaczan @WorldBank

Matthew D. Potts @UCBerkeley

Yuanyuan Yi @PKU1898

Jeffrey R. Vincent @DukeU

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[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

@NatureClimate Journal article: https://t.co/lEilhiKAx0
Research briefing: https://t.co/xfyjKArDBs
@SpringerNature Research Communities blog: https://t.co/14y6XsYTiV
@ConservationOrg blog: https://t.co/ngnEwnFbYe

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@SophieHahnBerk @RigelRobinson https://t.co/ro84zLjkGJ

[Mongabay @MongabayOrg]

What drives and halts tropical deforestation? Analyzing 24 years of data https://t.co/QhygSHuD76

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

https://t.co/lwWg5ll4Mb

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

How to Halt and Reverse Deforestation: Our comprehensive new review provides evidence-based solutions

My blog about Busch and Ferretti-Gallon (REEP, 2023), including access to ungated pdf

https://t.co/8ObrYnmSRO

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

“What Drives and Stops Deforestation, Reforestation, and Forest Degradation? An Updated Meta-analysis”

Our new paper in @ReepAere

https://t.co/3Th8zrAcSk

@KalifiFG

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

@MaryKateMcCoy Here’s a 61-minute seminar on “What drives deforestation, and what stops it?” that I presented @BrenUCSB in November, 2021:

https://t.co/4RZKRJq75l

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[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

Thread continues here: https://t.co/PXW1B7nbc3

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

Here’s something interesting, that our meta-analysis is the first to find:

Deforestation happens more when it’s hot.

So there’s a vicious circle: deforestation is driving climate change — and it’s also fueled by it.

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

Similarly, it would be convenient if democracy, peace, good governance, or secure land tenure, led to less deforestation. But they don’t.

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

As a female climate scientist, blocking is the only thing that makes my engagement here on Twitter/X possible.

Daily, I receive comments that range from disparaging to downright vile. Since Oct, my tweets can attract thousands of trolls (real people) and bots (not real). 🧵

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

@LNJStokes Maybe the two are correlated, but we looked at their effect on deforestation separately. Just holding free and fair elections doesn't keep forests standing.
Here's what we wrote in our paper. Wehkamp et al (2018) will go much deeper on this
https://t.co/uufC1Sz3Ec

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

@LNJStokes Hi Liam, the distinction is that good *forest* governance (e.g. forest law enforcement; effective community management...) reduces deforestation, but good *general* governance (things like rule of law, anti-corruption, government effectiveness and accountability...) doesn't.

[Jonah Busch @jonahbusch]

How to best halt and reverse deforestation? Largest study of its kind finds answers
https://t.co/OpUjsLzJwt

[David Kaimowitz @DKaimowitz]

Major new review of econometric studies about what drives deforestation — and how can we stop it? (Spoiler alert: Indigenous land rights are key.) https://t.co/LWv6Hmx31A @ConservationOrg @TenureFacility

[KalifiFerrettiGallon @KalifiFG]

🌲🌏 Proud to co-author a comprehensive review on halting & reversing deforestation with @jonahbusch. Discover what shapes our forests. Thanks @ConservationOrg & @UBC. Read: https://t.co/GEz02wSfd6