Ruth DeFries

Professor at Columbia University in Geography, Ecology and Sustainable Development

[Pooja Choksi @Poojation]

Super late with this update, but a PhD chapter of mine on rural livelihoods of #forest dependent populations in central #India is out in @IOPenvironment with @ruthdefries @ClimateChirper @HariniNagendra @environmondal @jitendra_iitb @jurpelai https://t.co/FbHLrrzdKV #migration

[Conserving_CI @Conserving_CI]

Networks like the #NCCI need long-term collaboration. Check out our new paper on the pathways towards people-oriented conservation in human dominated landscapes authored by @amster04 @wildcatalyst @SatpudaF @Largelandscapes @ruthdefries https://t.co/sNjxYo6tPW

[Harini Nagendra @HariniNagendra]

Improved household living standards can restore dry tropical forests! New paper @Biotropica w/ @ruthdefries @environmondal @Poojation @4thewildtiger @jurpelai Meghna Agarwala, Sandra Baquie. RS of forest change + 5000 HH survey in central India. Read free https://t.co/YO6A56MbIA

[Dr. Pinki Mondal @environmondal]

#NewPaper out in @IOPenvironment Focus on #Sustainable #FoodSystems: Multiple #cropping alone does not improve year-round #foodsecurity among #smallholders in rural #India. A🧵@udceoe

w/ @ruthdefries, J. Clark, N. Flowerhill, Md. Arif, @AureliePHarou, @shaunamdowns, @jessfanzo

[America Adapts @usaadapts]

"What would nature do?: Strategies for Resilience." Here's a snippet of my conversation with @ruthdefries from @Columbia @earthinstitute with nature based approaches to adaptation.

Full interview here: https://t.co/wzmXoC1RmP @CimpaticoTV #climatechange

[Berfrois @berfrois]

Excerpt: ‘What Would Nature Do?’ by Ruth DeFries https://t.co/A0COl0zNlH @ruthdefries @ColumbiaUP @earthinstitute

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

WHAT WOULD NATURE DO? by @ruthdefries has officially printed and is making its way to fine booksellers online and nearby you. https://t.co/Bf9W9A9wum @earthinstitute

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

Check out the latest @KirkusReviews for WHAT WOULD NATURE DO? by @ruthdefries here: "Sturdy science applied to society’s biggest problems and good food for thought." @earthinstitute @Columbia https://t.co/YGAaDiZXY5

[Ruth DeFries @ruthdefries]

Thank you for the wonderful synopsis of The Big Ratchet. I hope you will find my new book "What Would Nature Do?" to be helpful in our uncertain times. https://t.co/GDUXJCVsKq

[Book Ruminations @BRuminations]

How Humanity Manipulates Nature! Very interesting read!
@ruthdefries #BookReviews
https://t.co/exfGG5DhLt

[Nitish Dogra, MD, MPH @earthphysician]

Come join us on #WorldEnvironmentDay (5th June) with a webinar exploring #environment and #COVID19Pandemic linkages. GFF represents yet another example of #India #US cooperation @IIHMRDelhi @USAmbIndia @USAndIndia @IndianEmbassyUS @SandhuTaranjitS @MEAIndia @moefcc @MoHFW_INDIA

[Bharti Institute of Public Policy @BIPP_ISB]

The 2nd National Symposium on Agriculture by @BhartiInsti_ISB. @ruthdefries presented the report ‘Multifunctional Agriculture for Sustainable Development’, and engaged in an erudite panel discussion by @prabhupingali @shloka83 @arvindpadhee moderated by Prof Ashwini Chhatre.

[Ruth DeFries @ruthdefries]

@donovanfinn My pleasure to meet some great folks at SOMAS. Thanks for the opportunity.

[nature @Nature]

Brazil’s rainforest has never been in greater peril. Nor has its science, says our columnist this week. https://t.co/Mu6pk3BqHZ

[NYT Climate @nytclimate]

From @NYTOpinion: Climate change and its impacts are emerging faster than scientists anticipated. Now it turns out there is another form of underestimation as bad or worse: the underestimating by economists of the costs of climate change. https://t.co/GKwEaVRLDD

[Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ @Revkin]

Here's to @GretaThunberg & #teammalizia. Forget carbon footprint debates. Ocean crossings offer priceless lessons applicable in efforts to #actonclimate. Some thoughts drawing on my 15,000 miles at sea when I was 6 years older than @GretaThunberg is now. https://t.co/CVRmbpKLCx

[Ruth DeFries @ruthdefries]

"The Brazilian Amazon is more than trees" from Roberto Unger in his take on respecting Brazil's sovereignty https://t.co/CCCrAclZ0Z

[Washington Post Opinions @PostOpinions]

The Amazon is in flames. But Brazil’s past can show the path forward, @ruthdefries and Doug Morton write https://t.co/SNnBheHSSS

[Conserving_CI @Conserving_CI]

Our first member profile on the 'indomitable' @MilindPariwakam - check it out in project spotlights - https://t.co/XQ23V2l4Nz (special quote from @JagdishKrishna8 )

[Columbia Undergrad Prog in Sustainable Development @CUSusDev]

New research from co-director @ruthdefries and colleagues on the potential for saving water and improving nutrition by swapping crops in India https://t.co/407zEgE6an