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I am a tenured assistant professor at the Department of Environmental Geography, in the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Fellow of the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) at the University of Cambridge, UK.
My research is focused on the sustainability of coupled human-natural systems and topics like land-use/cover change, resource management, environmental economics, impact evaluation (econometrics), climate governance, and payments for environmental services, in particular, carbon offsets and REDD+.
Education
2016: PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Florida, USA.
2011: MSc in Resource Management, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2011: PgDip in Business Management, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil.
2009: BSc in Forest Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Additionality in Theoretical von Thünenian Models of Deforestation and Conservation Payments
West, T. A. P., Caviglia-Harris, J. L. & Fearnside, P. M., Feb 2025, In: Land. 14, 2, p. 1-9 9 p., 272.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Forest biomass recovery twenty-four years after conventional and reduced-impact logging in Eastern Amazon
Pinto, R. C., West, T. A. P. & Vidal, E., Dec 2024, In: Trees, Forests and People. 18, p. 1-7 7 p., 100717.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Systematic assessment of the achieved emission reductions of carbon crediting projects
Probst, B. S., Toetzke, M., Kontoleon, A., Díaz Anadón, L., Minx, J. C., Haya, B. K., Schneider, L., Trotter, P. A., West, T. A. P., Gill-Wiehl, A. & Hoffmann, V. H., Dec 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, p. 1-14 14 p., 9562.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Methodological issues with deforestation baselines compromise the integrity of carbon offsets from REDD+
West, T. A. P., Bomfim, B. & Haya, B. K., Jul 2024, In: Global Environmental Change. 87, p. 1-10 10 p., 102863.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Strong transparency required for carbon credit mechanisms
Delacote, P., L’Horty, T., Kontoleon, A., West, T. A. P., Creti, A., Filewod, B., LeVelly, G., Guizar-Coutiño, A., Groom, B. & Elias, M., Jun 2024, In: Nature Sustainability. 7, 6, p. 706-713 8 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Towards an Integrated Consistent European LULUCF Monitoring and Policy Pathway Assessment Framework
Levers, C. (Project Researcher), Oostdijk, S. (Project Researcher), Debonne, N. (Project Researcher), Scherpenhuijzen, N. (Project Researcher), Pupo West, T. (Project Researcher) & Langenbacher, J. (Project Researcher)
1/09/22 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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Replication Data for: Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation
Pupo West, T. (Creator) & West, T. A. P. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 2023
DOI: 10.34894/iqc9lm, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/IQC9LM
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