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James Barsimantov
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Ph.D. |
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Alumni |
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barsja@gmail.com |
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(530) 554-2567 Message |
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My research focuses on community forestry in Mexico and its potential to reduce deforestation and improve rural livelihoods. I look specifically at how external influences, including non-government actors, changes in land tenure rules, and export driven agriculture, affect communities’ capacity to govern commonly-owned forest resources. With an interdisciplinary, comparative case study approach, I conducted fieldwork in eleven communities in the states of Michoacan and Oaxaca, Mexico. I use survey and interview methods to gather data on forestry programs and livelihoods and apply remote sensing techniques to determine forest cover change using satellite imagery. |
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EcoShift Consulting is a Climate Change and Environmental Consulting Group that I founded with two former UCSC PhDs, Dustin Mulvaney and Alex Gershenson. We focus on planning for carbon emissions reductions, lifecycle analysis, and GIS. Our website is http://ecoshiftconsulting.com/ |
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