Welcome to the Land Use and Global Environment (LUGE) Research Group
at the University of British Columbia
We study linkages between human land use, global environmental change, and food security
at the University of British Columbia
We study linkages between human land use, global environmental change, and food security
Sample Publications
Merhabi, Z. and Ramankutty, N. 2019. Synchronized failure of global crop production. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0862-x
Ricciardi, V., Ramankutty, N., Mehrabi, Z., Jarvis, L. and Chookolingo, B., 2018. How much of the world's food do smallholders produce? Global food security, 17, pp.64-72. doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.05.002 Mehrabi, Z., Ellis, E.C. and Ramankutty, N., 2018. The challenge of feeding the world while conserving half the planet. Nature Sustainability, 1(8), p.409. doi.org/10.14288/1.0376069 Seufert, V., and Ramankutty, N., 2017. Many shades of gray—The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture. Science Advances, 3(3). doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602638 Ramankutty, N and Graesser, J., 2017. Latin American oil palm follows an unfamiliar route to avoid deforestation. Environmental Research Letters 12 (4). doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6940 See our full list of publications here
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News
September 5, 2019
New publication on deforestation policies regarding oil palm in Malaysia and Indonesia September 3, 2019 We decided to kick off the term with a hike to Brew Hut! Also, welcome to our new students, Erika, Jumi and Kushank! August 26, 2019 Vinny passed his PhD defense! Congratulations Dr. Ricciardi! August 8, 2019 Navin interviewed with the CBC on the new IPCC special report on Climate Change and Land August 6, 2019 Vinny's collaboration with graphic artists to communicate his PhD research has been featured in a new Nature Communications Biology Comment. July 30, 2019 Zia appeared on a CBC BC Today segment on plant-based diets See our recent news here
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