In GLUE, we integrate causal econometric analysis with the best field and property-level data to bring new understanding to company and producer responses to public and private sector policies. Our interdisciplinary work interrogates how cattle ranchers and soy producers changed land use decisions following the deforestation moratoria led by the private sector and emerging changes in public policy enforcement. We also consider responses at the corporate and processing plant level to track changes in monitoring and procurement decisions and whether any of these potential changes influenced forest on the ground. Similarly, in the US, we work to understand the price and environmental impacts from our biofuels and agricultural policies.
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| Candino, M., A. Brandão Jr., J. Munger, L.L. Rausch and H.K. Gibbs. 2024. "Protected Areas in the Brazilian Amazon Threatened by Cycles of Property Registration, Cattle Ranching, and Deforestation." Land. [Link] |
| Ramaswamy, K., T.J. Lark and N.U. Aragon. 2024. “Economic Strategies to Synergistically Produce Bioenergy and Optimize Aquifer Life in the US High Plains.” AgEcon Search. [Link] |
| Moffette, F., P. Phaneuf, L.L. Rausch and H.K. Gibbs. 2024. "The value of property rights and environmental policy in Brazil: Evidence from a new database on land prices." Global Environmental Change. [Link] |
| Sullivan, C. and M. Candino. 2023. "Conservation value and biodiversity indicators for properties and supply chains in Colombia." Gibbs Land Use and Environment Report Series. [Link] |
| Lark, T.J. 2023. "Interactions between U.S. biofuels policy and the Endangered Species Act." Biological Conservation. [Link] |
| West, T., L. Rausch, J. Munger and H.K. Gibbs. 2022. "Protected areas still used to produce Brazil's cattle." Conservation Letters. [Link] Corrected Figure 1 available here. |
| Lark, T.J., N.P. Hendricks, A. Smith, N. Pates, S.A. Spawn, M. Bougie, E.G. Booth, C.J. Kucharik and H.K. Gibbs. 2022. “Environmental outcomes of the US Renewable Fuel Standard.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. [Link] |
| L.L. Rausch 2021. “Brazil’s Amazon Soy Moratorium.” Deforestation Fronts Case Study, Forest Practice. WWF. [Link] |
| Moffette, F. and H.K. Gibbs. 2021. “Agricultural Displacement and Deforestation Leakage in the Brazilian Legal Amazon.” Land Economics. [Link] |
| Moffette, F., M. Skidmore and H.K. Gibbs. 2021. “Environmental Policies That Shape Productivity: Evidence from Cattle Ranching in the Amazon.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. [Link] |
| Skidmore, M., F. Moffette, L.L. Rausch, M. Christie, J. Munger, and H.K. Gibbs. 2021. “Cattle Ranchers and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Production, Location, and Policies.” Global Environmental Change. [Link] |
| Rausch, L.L., and H.K. Gibbs. 2021. “The Low Opportunity Costs of the Amazon Soy Moratorium.” Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. [Link] |
| Pereira, R., L.L. Rausch, A. Carrara, and H.K. Gibbs. 2020. “Extensive Production Practices and Incomplete Implementation Hinder Brazil’s Zero-Deforestation Cattle Agreements in Pará.” Tropical Conservation Science, Vol 13, 1-13. [Link] |
| Pereira, R., L.L. Rausch, A. Carrara, and H.K. Gibbs. 2020. “Extensive Production Practices and Incomplete Implementation Hinder Brazil’s Zero-Deforestation Cattle Agreements in Pará.” Tropical Conservation Science, Vol 13, 1-13. [Link] |
| Heilmayr, R., L.L Rausch, J. Munger, and H.K. Gibbs. 2020. “Brazil’s Amazon Soy Moratorium reduced deforestation.” Nature Food vol. 1, 801-810. [Link] |
| Moffette, F., M. Skidmore, and H. K. Gibbs. 2020. “Environmental Policies That Shape Productivity: Evidence from Cattle Ranching in the Amazon.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. [Link] |
| National Wildlife Federation and Gibbs Land Use and Environment Lab. 2019. “Amazon Soy Moratorium: Delivering Win-Win Outcomes for Forests and Agribusiness.” Policy brief. [Link] |
| Carlson, K. M., Heilmayr, R., Gibbs, H.K. et al. 2018. "Impact of RSPO certification on deforestation in Indonesia." Proceedings of the National Academies of Science. |
| Alix-Garcia, J., L. Rausch, J. L’Roe, H. K. Gibbs, and J. Munger. 2017. “Avoided deforestation linked to environmental registration in the Brazilian Amazon.” Conservation Letters. [Abstract] [Link] |
| Gibbs, H. K., J. Munger, J. L’Roe, P. Barreto, R. Pereira, M. Christie, T. Amaral, and N.F. Walker. 2015. “Did Ranchers and Slaughterhouses Respond to Zero-Deforestation Agreements in the Brazilian Amazon?” Conservation Letters. [Link] [Portuguese Version] |
