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Overview

Erin O. Sills is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Global and Planetary Change. The subfields of their work also include Economics and Econometrics, Pollution, Strategy and Management, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to environmental and economic interactions. These include:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

Erin O. Sills has contributed to multiple publication venues reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. Frequent venues include:

  • Forest Policy and Economics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Global Environmental Change
  • World Development

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "Overstated carbon emission reductions from voluntary REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation," 2023, Science
  • "Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries," 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "REDD+ in Theory and Practice: How Lessons From Local Projects Can Inform Jurisdictional Approaches," 2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "Reviewing the evidence on the roles of forests and tree-based systems in poverty dynamics," 2021, Forest Policy and Economics

The scientist frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including Forrest Fleischman, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Rajan Parajuli, Thales A. P. West, and Andreas Kontoleon. These collaborative relationships reflect a multidisciplinary engagement across social and environmental science disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Staged authenticity and heritage tourism

    Deepak Chhabra;Robert Healy;Erin Sills

  • Taking stock of agroforestry adoption studies

    Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;D. Evan Mercer;Erin Sills;Jui-Chen Yang

  • Realising Redd+: National strategy and policy options

    A. Angelsen;M. Brockhaus;M. Kanninen;E. Sills

  • Do Tropical Forests Provide Natural Insurance? The Microeconomics of Non-Timber Forest Product Collection in the Brazilian Amazon

    Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Erin O. Sills

  • Do Payments for Environmental Services Affect Forest Cover?: A Farm-Level Evaluation from Costa Rica

    Rodrigo A. Arriagada;Paul J. Ferraro;Erin O. Sills;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

  • Economic Impacts of Invasive Species in Forests Past, Present, and Future

    Thomas P. Holmes;Juliann E. Aukema;Betsy Von Holle;Andrew Liebhold

  • Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation

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  • Policy instruments to enhance multi-functional forest management

    Frederick Cubbage;Patrice Harou;Erin Sills

  • Overstated carbon emission reductions from voluntary REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon.

    Thales A. P. West;Thales A. P. West;Thales A. P. West;Jan Börner;Erin O. Sills;Andreas Kontoleon

  • The Significance of Festivals to Rural Economies: Estimating the Economic Impacts of Scottish Highland Games in North Carolina

    Deepak Chhabra;Erin Sills;Frederick W. Cubbage

  • Evaluating land use and livelihood impacts of early forest carbon projects: Lessons for learning about REDD+

    Susan Caplow;Pamela Jagger;Kathleen Lawlor;Erin Sills;Erin Sills

  • Linking forest tenure reform, environmental compliance, and incentives: lessons from REDD+ initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon

    Amy E. Duchelle;Marina Cromberg;Maria Fernanda Gebara;Raissa Guerra

  • REDD+ on the ground: A case book of subnational initiatives across the globe

    Erin O. Sills;Stibniati S. Atmadja;Claudio de Sassi;Amy E. Duchelle

  • Energy, gender and development : what are the linkages? Where is the evidence?

    Gunnar Kohlin;Erin O. Sills;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Christopher Wilfong

  • Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Participation in Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services

    Rodrigo A. Arriagada;Erin O. Sills;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Paul J. Ferraro

  • Estimating the Impacts of Local Policy Innovation: The Synthetic Control Method Applied to Tropical Deforestation.

    Erin O. Sills;Diego Herrera;A. Justin Kirkpatrick;Amintas Brandão

  • Public health impacts of ecosystem change in the Brazilian Amazon

    Simone C. Bauch;Anna M. Birkenbach;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Erin O. Sills

  • Land use and income diversification: comparing traditional and colonist populations in the Brazilian Amazon

    Jill L. Caviglia‐Harris;Erin O. Sills

  • Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries

    Marc Jeuland;Marc Jeuland;T. Robert Fetter;Yating Li;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

  • Seeing the forest for the fuel

    Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Erin O. Sills;Randall A. Kramer

  • Forests in a market economy

    Erin O. Sills;Karen Lee Abt

  • The challenge of establishing REDD+ on the ground: Insights from 23 subnational initiatives in six countries

    W.D. Sunderlin;A.D. Ekaputri;E.O. Sills;A.E. Duchelle

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. Sunderlin
William D. Sunderlin Center for International Forestry Research
Dar A. Roberts
Dar A. Roberts University of California, Santa Barbara
M. Nils Peterson
M. Nils Peterson North Carolina State University
Paul J. Ferraro
Paul J. Ferraro Johns Hopkins University
Francis E. Putz
Francis E. Putz University of Florida
Alexander Pfaff
Alexander Pfaff Duke University
Gunnar Köhlin
Gunnar Köhlin University of Gothenburg
Pamela Jagger
Pamela Jagger University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Maria Brockhaus
Maria Brockhaus University of Helsinki

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