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2020 NASA LCLUC Annual Science Team Meeting

Meeting Presentations

Title Presenter Institution
Overview: South Asia LCLUC overview, trends and ongoing issues Ruth DeFries Columbia University
Introduction and Welcome to the Program Garik Gutman NASA Headquarters
Mapping and modeling desertification and its impact on aeolian dust and human health in Central Asia Xin Xi Michigan Technological University
Evaluating land use change and livelihood responses to large investments for high-value agriculture: managing risks in the era of the Green Morocco Plan Zhenong Jin University of Minnesota
Understanding the socioeconomic drivers of agricultural land abandonment and associated fire risk in Greece Aaron Sparks University of Idaho
Evaluating the drivers of international migration from the Northern Triangle of Central America and its implications for land systems in the region Nicholas Cuba Auburn University
Comparing the effectiveness of conservation strategies in the Colombian Andes biodiversity hotspot Christoph Nolte Boston University
Policy, market, and climate change impacts on maize production in Mexico Meha Jain University of Michigan
Impacts of global markets and national policies on forest carbon trajectories and social outcomes in the Guiana Shield Ecoregion Carlos Munoz Brenes Global Solutions, Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science Conservation International
Soybean Expansion in South America: Quantifying Historical Land-Use Change, Modeling Socioeconomic Drivers and Projecting Future Trajectories Xiao-Peng Song University of Maryland, College Park