In her role with the Nelson Institute, Fletcher assists with onboarding, reimbursements, arranging travel for fieldwork and conferences, administrative policy, purchasing, arranging scientific conferences, and more.
Year: 2020
Holly Gibbs featured in bloomberg series on deforestation and cattle
Gibbs and her lab have completed pioneering work to track deforestation. Last year, Gibbs worked with the National Wildlife Federation to track outcomes from the Zero-Deforestation Commitments in the Brazilian Amazon using cattle movement and supply chain data. The series in Bloomberg highlights Gibbs’ research and expertise in deforestation and the impact cattle have on the deforestation of the Amazon in Brazil.
SAGE director Carol Barford discusses stranded assets and the environment
Barford, director of the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, contributed the article, “Stranded Assets — Conduits for Better Public Infrastructure Planning?” to the League of Women Voters Dane County website. The article addresses stranded assets and how basic planning for public infrastructure can minimize this issue.
Holly Gibbs co-authors paper asking whether certifying oil palm helps alleviate poverty
Gibbs and her colleagues compared the rates of poverty across 36,311 villages over 18 years, specifically looking at the change in poverty rates before and after oil palm plantations were certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.