New research from co-director Ruth DeFries and colleagues on the potential for saving water and improving nutrition by swapping crops in India blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/07/04/ind…

Our first member profile on the 'indomitable' Milind Pariwakam 🇮🇳🐅🐕‍🦺🦮🏊🚴🏃 - check it out in project spotlights - tinyurl.com/y5uu5bx8 (special quote from Jagdish Krishnaswamy )

The Amazon is in flames. But Brazil’s past can show the path forward, Ruth DeFries and Doug Morton write wapo.st/2zfQHnI

"The Brazilian Amazon is more than trees" from Roberto Unger in his take on respecting Brazil's sovereignty preview.tinyurl.com/yybfgjx7

Here's to Greta Thunberg & #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 Greta Thunberg is now. nytimes.com/2019/08/29/opi…

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. nyti.ms/2PfztzZ

Brazil’s rainforest has never been in greater peril. Nor has its science, says our columnist this week. go.nature.com/32RDVsV

The 2nd National Symposium on Agriculture by @BhartiInsti_ISB. Ruth DeFries presented the report ‘Multifunctional Agriculture for Sustainable Development’, and engaged in an erudite panel discussion by Prabhu Pingali Shloka Nath Arabinda K Padhee moderated by Prof Ashwini Chhatre.

Come join us on #WorldEnvironmentDay (5th June) with a webinar exploring #environment and #COVID19Pandemic linkages. GFF represents yet another example of #India #US cooperation IIHMR Delhi U.S. Ambassador to India U.S. Embassy India India in USA Taranjit Singh Sandhu Randhir Jaiswal MoEF&CC Ministry of Health

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. cup.columbia.edu/book/what-woul…

Check out the latest Kirkus Reviews for WHAT WOULD NATURE DO? by Ruth DeFries here: "Sturdy science applied to society’s biggest problems and good food for thought." @earthinstitute Columbia University buff.ly/2DXSYd5

WHAT WOULD NATURE DO? by Ruth DeFries has officially printed and is making its way to fine booksellers online and nearby you. buff.ly/3lePHGQ @earthinstitute

Excerpt: ‘What Would Nature Do?’ by Ruth DeFries berfrois.com/2020/11/excerp… Ruth DeFries Columbia University Press @earthinstitute

"What would nature do?: Strategies for Resilience." Here's a snippet of my conversation with Ruth DeFries from Columbia University @earthinstitute with nature based approaches to adaptation. Full interview here: cimpatico.com/join Cimpatico Studios #climatechange

Improved household living standards can restore dry tropical forests! New paper Biotropica w/ Ruth DeFries Dr. Pinki Mondal Pooja Choksi Sarika Khanwilkar, PhD @jurpelai Meghna Agarwala, Sandra Baquie. RS of forest change + 5000 HH survey in central India. Read free onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

#NewPaper out in IOP Environment Focus on #Sustainable #FoodSystems: Multiple #cropping alone does not improve year-round #foodsecurity among #smallholders in rural #India. A🧵UD College of Earth, Ocean and Environment w/ Ruth DeFries, J. Clark, N. Flowerhill, Md. Arif, Aurelie Harou, Shauna Downs, @jessfanzo

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 Amrita Neelakantan Gary Tabor Satpuda Foundation Center for Large Landscape Conservation Ruth DeFries bit.ly/3rOrWJI

Super late with this update, but a PhD chapter of mine on rural livelihoods of #forest dependent populations in central #India is out in IOP Environment with Ruth DeFries @ClimateChirper Harini Nagendra Dr. Pinki Mondal Jitendra Singh @jurpelai iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… #migration

A diet that combats micronutrient deficiencies and reduces greenhouse gas emissions: sahana ghosh explores why #sorghum salad and #millet-based meals are more than just a trend. india.mongabay.com/2018/04/25/shi… #NationalYearOfMillets ICRISAT IIASA Ruth DeFries