Pre-prints
zu Ermgassen, E. K. H. J., Renier, C., Carvalho, T., Garcia, A., Meyfroidt, P. (2024) Sustainable commodity sourcing requires measuring and governing land use change at multiple scales. Preprint https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3303785/v2
Peer-reviewed publications
Grabs, J., Carodenuto, S., Jespersen, K., Adams, M.A., Camacho, M.A., Celi, C., Chandra, A. Dufour, J., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Garrett, R.D., Lyons-White, J., McLeish, M., Niehues, I., Silverman, S., Stone, E. (2024) “The Role of Midstream Actors in Advancing the Sustainability of Agri-Food Supply Chains.” Nature Sustainability, March, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01296-9. pdf: here.
Parra, C, zu Ermgassen, E. K. H. J., Meyfroidt, P., Verburg, P. H. (2023) "Large gaps in voluntary sustainability commitments covering the global cocoa trade." Global Environmental Change Vol 81, 102696 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102696
Renier, C., Vandromme, M., Meyfroidt, P., Ribeiro, V., Kalischek, N.,and zu Ermgassen, E. K. H. J. (2023) “Transparency, Traceability and Deforestation in the Ivorian Cocoa Supply Chain.” Environmental Research Letters 18 (2): 024030. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acad8e.
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Bastos Lima, M.G., Bellfield, H., Dontenville, A., Gardner, T., Godar, J., Heilmayr, R., Indenbaum, R., dos Reis, T.N.P., Ribeiro, V., Abu, I., Szantoi, Z., Meyfroidt, P. (2022) Addressing indirect sourcing in zero deforestation commodity supply chains. Sci. Adv. 8, eabn3132. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn3132
Meyfroidt, P., Bremond, A., Ryan, C., Archer, E., Aspinall, R., Chhabra, A., Camara, G., Corbera, E. DeFries, R., Díaz, S.,Dong, J., Ellis, E., Erb, K. H., Fisher, J. A., Garrett, R., Golubiewski, N., Grau, H., Grove, J., Haberl, H., Heinimann, H., Hostert, A., Jobbágy, E., Kerr, S., Kuemmerle, T., Lambin, E., Lavorel, S. Lele, S., Mertz, O., Messerli, P., Metternicht, G., Munroe, D., Nagendra,H., Østergaard Nielsen, J., Ojima, D., Cassandra Parker, D., Pascual, U., Porter, J., Ramankutty, N., Reenberg, A., Chowdhury, R., Seto, K., Seufert, V., Shibata, H., Thomson, A., Turner II, B., Urabe, J., Veldkamp, T., Verburg, P., Zeleke, G., and zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., (2022) Ten facts about land systems for sustainability PNAS https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109217118
zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Godar, J., Gardner, T., Lathuillière, M.J., Löfgren, P., Vasconcelos, A., Meyfroidt, P. The origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil’s beef exports (2020) PNAS. Vol 115:50, 31770–31779. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2003270117
Reis, T. N. P., Meyfroidt, P., zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., West, C., Gardner, T., Bager, S., Croft, S., Lathuillière, M.J., Godar, J. (2020) Understanding the stickiness of commodity supply chains is key to improving their sustainability. One Earth. Vol 3, Issue 1, Pages 100-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.012
Kehoe, L, Reis, T. N. P., Meyfroidt, P., Bager, S., Seppelt, R., Kuemmerle, T., Berenguer, E., Clark, M., Davis, K.F., zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Farrell, K.N., Friis, C., Haberl, H., Kastner, T., Murtough, K.L., Persson, U.M., Romero-Muñoz, A., O’Connell, C., Schäfer V.V., Virah-Sawmy, M., Waroux, Y. le P., and Kiesecker, J. (2020) Inclusion, Transparency, and Enforcement: How the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement Fails the Sustainability Test One Earth 3 268–72 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.013
Escobar, N., Tizado, J., zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Löfgren, P., Börner, J.,Godar, J., (2020) Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil's soy exports Global Environmental Change, 62, 102067 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102067
Godde, C, de Boer, I., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Herrero, M., van Middelaar, C., Muller, M, Röös, E, Schader, C., Smith, P., van Zanten, H., Garnett, T. (2020) Soil carbon sequestration in grazing systems: managing expectations. Climatic Change https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02673-x
zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Ayre, B. Godar, J., Bastos Lima, M.G. , Bauch, S., Garrett, R., Green, J., Lathuillière, M.J., Löfgren, P., MacFarquhar, C., Meyfroidt, P., Suavet, C., West, C., Gardner, T. (2019) Using supply chain data to monitor zero deforestation commitments: an assessment of progress in the Brazilian soy sector. Environmental Research Letters 15:3 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6497
Bai, Z., Jin, S., Wu, Y. , zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Oenema, O., Chadwick, D., Lassaletta, L., Velthof, G., Zhao, J., and Ma., L.. (2019). “China’s pig relocation in balance.” Nature Sustainability 2(10):888–888. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0391-2
Koch, N.*, E.K.H.J. zu Ermgassen*, Wehkamp, J., Oliveira Filho, F.J.B., and Schwerhoff. G. (2019) “Agricultural Productivity and Forest Conservation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay110
Balmford, A., Amano, T. Bartlett, H., Chadwick, D., Collins, A., Edwards, D., Field, R., Garnsworthy, P., Green, R., Smith, P., Waters, H., Whitmore, A., Broom, D.M., Chara, J., Finch, T., Garnett, E., Gathorne-Hardy, A., Hernandez-Medrano, J., Herrero, M., Hua, F., Latawiec, A., Misselbrook, T., Phalan, B., Simmons, B.I., Takahashi, T., Vause, J., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., and Eisner. R. (2018). “The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming.” Nature Sustainability 1(9):477–485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0138-5
Soterroni, A., Mosnier, A., Carvalho, A.X.Y., Câmara, G., Obersteiner, M., Andrade, P.R., Souza, R.C., Brock, R., Pirker, J., Kraxner, F., Havlik, P., Kapos, V., zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Valin, H., Ramos, F. (2018). Future environmental and agricultural impacts of Brazil's Forest Code. Evir. Res. Lett. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aaccbb
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J.; Alcântara, M.P.; Balmford, A.; Barioni, L.; Neto, F.B.; Bettarello, M.M.F.; Brito, G.; Carrero, G.C.; Florence, E.A.; Garcia, E.; Gonçalves, E.T.; da Luz, C.T.; Mallman, G.M.; Strassburg, B.B.; Valentim, J.F.; Latawiec, A. (2018). Results from On-The-Ground Efforts to Promote Sustainable Cattle Ranching in the Brazilian Amazon. Sustainability , 10, 1301. doi:10.3390/su10041301
zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Kelly M., Bladon E., Salemdeeb R., Balmford A. (2018) Support amongst UK pig farmers and agricultural stakeholders for the use of food losses in animal feed. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0196288. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196288
Salemdeeb, R., Vivanco, D.F., Al-Tabbaa, A, zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J. (2017). A holistic approach to the environmental evaluation of food waste prevention. Waste Management 59, 442–450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.09.042
Phalan, B., Green, R.E., Dicks, L.V., Dotta, G., Feniuk, C., Lamb, A., Strassburg, B.B.N., Williams, D.R., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Balmford, A., (2016). How can higher-yield farming help to spare nature? Science 351, 450–451. doi: 10.1126/science.aad0055
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Phalan, B., Green, R., & Balmford, A. (2016). Reducing the land use of EU pork production: where there's a swill, there's a way. Food Policy 58, 35–48. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.11.001
Salemdeeb, R.*, zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J.*, Kim, M.H., Balmford, A., Al-Tabbaa, A., (2016). Environmental and health impacts of using food waste as animal feed: a comparative analysis of food waste management options. Journal of Cleaner Production doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.049
Lamb, A., Green, R., Bateman, I., Broadmeadow, M., Bruce, T., Burney, J., Carey, P., Chadwick, D., Crane, E., Field, R., Goulding, K., Griffiths, H., Hastings, A., Kasoar, T., Kindred, D., Phalan, B., Pickett, J., Smith, P., Wall, E., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Balmford, A. (2016). The potential for land sparing to offset greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Nat. Clim. Change. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2910
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Durrant, C., John, S., Gardiner, R., Alrefaei, A.F., Cunningham, A.A., Lawson, B. (2016). Detection of the European epidemic strain of Trichomonas gallinae in finches, but not other non-columbiformes, in the absence of macroscopic disease. Parasitology doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182016000780
*Joint first authorship
Opinion pieces
Chaves, M.E.D., Mataveli, G., zu Ermgassen, E.K H.J., Aragão, R.B., Adami, M., Sanches, I.D. (2023) Reverse the Cerrado’s neglect. Nat Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01182-w
Kehoe et al. (2019) Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable. Science 364:6438 doi: 10.1126/science.aaw8276
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Balmford, A., & Salemdeeb, R. (2016). Reduce, relegalize, and recycle food waste. Science 352:1526 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf9630
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., D.R. Williams & Balmford, A. (2014) Livestock: tackle demand and yields. Nature 508:186–186. doi:10.1038/508186b
Other research products
Explainer: Mapping cocoa exports from Ghana & Côte d'Ivoire
Insight: Chocolate companies face deforestation risks from unknown cocoa supplies
Insight: Corona accelerates US beef imports from Amazon
Trase Yearbook 2020. The state of forest-risk supply chains. https://insights.trase.earth/yearbook/summary. Insights include changes in China's deforestation risk, the impact of growth in exports on deforestation risk, and the high deforestation risk linked to Brazil's live cattle exports.
Trase Yearbook 2018. Sustainability in forest-risk supply chains: Spotlight on Brazilian soy. http://yearbook2018.trase.earth/
Garnett, T., Godde, C, Muller, M, Röös, E, Smith, P. de Boer, I., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Gerber, P., Herrero, M., van Middelaar, C., Schader, C., Teillard, F., van Zanten, H. Grazed and confused? Report for the Food Climate Research Network, aimed at policy makers and the public to demystify the role of ruminants in greenhouse gas emissions and climate mitigation. http://www.fcrn.org.uk/sites/default/files/project-files/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf
Datasets
Trase - Subnational SEI-PCS map of Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa exports v1.1.0 (2019). Available at www.trase.earth.
Trase - Subnational SEI-PCS map of Brazilian beef exports v2.0 (2015-2017). Available at www.trase.earth. If using these data, please cite the manuscript "The origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil's beef exports", above.
Trase - Brazil beef slaughterhouse map v1.0 https://trase.earth/logistics-map?commodity=cattle
Books
Williams, D.R., Pople, R.G., Showler, D.A., Dicks, L.V., Child, M.F., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J. & Sutherland, W.J. (2013) Bird Conservation - evidence for the effects of interventions. Pelagic Publishing. Available free at: www.conservationevidence.com/synopsis/download/8
Presentations
Conference posters
zu Ermgassen, E. K. H. J., Renier, C., Carvalho, T., Garcia, A., Meyfroidt, P. (2024) Sustainable commodity sourcing requires measuring and governing land use change at multiple scales. Preprint https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3303785/v2
Peer-reviewed publications
Grabs, J., Carodenuto, S., Jespersen, K., Adams, M.A., Camacho, M.A., Celi, C., Chandra, A. Dufour, J., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Garrett, R.D., Lyons-White, J., McLeish, M., Niehues, I., Silverman, S., Stone, E. (2024) “The Role of Midstream Actors in Advancing the Sustainability of Agri-Food Supply Chains.” Nature Sustainability, March, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01296-9. pdf: here.
Parra, C, zu Ermgassen, E. K. H. J., Meyfroidt, P., Verburg, P. H. (2023) "Large gaps in voluntary sustainability commitments covering the global cocoa trade." Global Environmental Change Vol 81, 102696 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102696
Renier, C., Vandromme, M., Meyfroidt, P., Ribeiro, V., Kalischek, N.,and zu Ermgassen, E. K. H. J. (2023) “Transparency, Traceability and Deforestation in the Ivorian Cocoa Supply Chain.” Environmental Research Letters 18 (2): 024030. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acad8e.
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Bastos Lima, M.G., Bellfield, H., Dontenville, A., Gardner, T., Godar, J., Heilmayr, R., Indenbaum, R., dos Reis, T.N.P., Ribeiro, V., Abu, I., Szantoi, Z., Meyfroidt, P. (2022) Addressing indirect sourcing in zero deforestation commodity supply chains. Sci. Adv. 8, eabn3132. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn3132
Meyfroidt, P., Bremond, A., Ryan, C., Archer, E., Aspinall, R., Chhabra, A., Camara, G., Corbera, E. DeFries, R., Díaz, S.,Dong, J., Ellis, E., Erb, K. H., Fisher, J. A., Garrett, R., Golubiewski, N., Grau, H., Grove, J., Haberl, H., Heinimann, H., Hostert, A., Jobbágy, E., Kerr, S., Kuemmerle, T., Lambin, E., Lavorel, S. Lele, S., Mertz, O., Messerli, P., Metternicht, G., Munroe, D., Nagendra,H., Østergaard Nielsen, J., Ojima, D., Cassandra Parker, D., Pascual, U., Porter, J., Ramankutty, N., Reenberg, A., Chowdhury, R., Seto, K., Seufert, V., Shibata, H., Thomson, A., Turner II, B., Urabe, J., Veldkamp, T., Verburg, P., Zeleke, G., and zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., (2022) Ten facts about land systems for sustainability PNAS https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109217118
zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Godar, J., Gardner, T., Lathuillière, M.J., Löfgren, P., Vasconcelos, A., Meyfroidt, P. The origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil’s beef exports (2020) PNAS. Vol 115:50, 31770–31779. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2003270117
Reis, T. N. P., Meyfroidt, P., zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., West, C., Gardner, T., Bager, S., Croft, S., Lathuillière, M.J., Godar, J. (2020) Understanding the stickiness of commodity supply chains is key to improving their sustainability. One Earth. Vol 3, Issue 1, Pages 100-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.012
Kehoe, L, Reis, T. N. P., Meyfroidt, P., Bager, S., Seppelt, R., Kuemmerle, T., Berenguer, E., Clark, M., Davis, K.F., zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Farrell, K.N., Friis, C., Haberl, H., Kastner, T., Murtough, K.L., Persson, U.M., Romero-Muñoz, A., O’Connell, C., Schäfer V.V., Virah-Sawmy, M., Waroux, Y. le P., and Kiesecker, J. (2020) Inclusion, Transparency, and Enforcement: How the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement Fails the Sustainability Test One Earth 3 268–72 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.013
Escobar, N., Tizado, J., zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Löfgren, P., Börner, J.,Godar, J., (2020) Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil's soy exports Global Environmental Change, 62, 102067 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102067
Godde, C, de Boer, I., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Herrero, M., van Middelaar, C., Muller, M, Röös, E, Schader, C., Smith, P., van Zanten, H., Garnett, T. (2020) Soil carbon sequestration in grazing systems: managing expectations. Climatic Change https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02673-x
zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Ayre, B. Godar, J., Bastos Lima, M.G. , Bauch, S., Garrett, R., Green, J., Lathuillière, M.J., Löfgren, P., MacFarquhar, C., Meyfroidt, P., Suavet, C., West, C., Gardner, T. (2019) Using supply chain data to monitor zero deforestation commitments: an assessment of progress in the Brazilian soy sector. Environmental Research Letters 15:3 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6497
Bai, Z., Jin, S., Wu, Y. , zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Oenema, O., Chadwick, D., Lassaletta, L., Velthof, G., Zhao, J., and Ma., L.. (2019). “China’s pig relocation in balance.” Nature Sustainability 2(10):888–888. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0391-2
Koch, N.*, E.K.H.J. zu Ermgassen*, Wehkamp, J., Oliveira Filho, F.J.B., and Schwerhoff. G. (2019) “Agricultural Productivity and Forest Conservation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay110
Balmford, A., Amano, T. Bartlett, H., Chadwick, D., Collins, A., Edwards, D., Field, R., Garnsworthy, P., Green, R., Smith, P., Waters, H., Whitmore, A., Broom, D.M., Chara, J., Finch, T., Garnett, E., Gathorne-Hardy, A., Hernandez-Medrano, J., Herrero, M., Hua, F., Latawiec, A., Misselbrook, T., Phalan, B., Simmons, B.I., Takahashi, T., Vause, J., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., and Eisner. R. (2018). “The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming.” Nature Sustainability 1(9):477–485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0138-5
Soterroni, A., Mosnier, A., Carvalho, A.X.Y., Câmara, G., Obersteiner, M., Andrade, P.R., Souza, R.C., Brock, R., Pirker, J., Kraxner, F., Havlik, P., Kapos, V., zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Valin, H., Ramos, F. (2018). Future environmental and agricultural impacts of Brazil's Forest Code. Evir. Res. Lett. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aaccbb
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J.; Alcântara, M.P.; Balmford, A.; Barioni, L.; Neto, F.B.; Bettarello, M.M.F.; Brito, G.; Carrero, G.C.; Florence, E.A.; Garcia, E.; Gonçalves, E.T.; da Luz, C.T.; Mallman, G.M.; Strassburg, B.B.; Valentim, J.F.; Latawiec, A. (2018). Results from On-The-Ground Efforts to Promote Sustainable Cattle Ranching in the Brazilian Amazon. Sustainability , 10, 1301. doi:10.3390/su10041301
zu Ermgassen E.K.H.J., Kelly M., Bladon E., Salemdeeb R., Balmford A. (2018) Support amongst UK pig farmers and agricultural stakeholders for the use of food losses in animal feed. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0196288. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196288
Salemdeeb, R., Vivanco, D.F., Al-Tabbaa, A, zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J. (2017). A holistic approach to the environmental evaluation of food waste prevention. Waste Management 59, 442–450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.09.042
Phalan, B., Green, R.E., Dicks, L.V., Dotta, G., Feniuk, C., Lamb, A., Strassburg, B.B.N., Williams, D.R., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Balmford, A., (2016). How can higher-yield farming help to spare nature? Science 351, 450–451. doi: 10.1126/science.aad0055
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Phalan, B., Green, R., & Balmford, A. (2016). Reducing the land use of EU pork production: where there's a swill, there's a way. Food Policy 58, 35–48. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.11.001
Salemdeeb, R.*, zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J.*, Kim, M.H., Balmford, A., Al-Tabbaa, A., (2016). Environmental and health impacts of using food waste as animal feed: a comparative analysis of food waste management options. Journal of Cleaner Production doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.049
Lamb, A., Green, R., Bateman, I., Broadmeadow, M., Bruce, T., Burney, J., Carey, P., Chadwick, D., Crane, E., Field, R., Goulding, K., Griffiths, H., Hastings, A., Kasoar, T., Kindred, D., Phalan, B., Pickett, J., Smith, P., Wall, E., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Balmford, A. (2016). The potential for land sparing to offset greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Nat. Clim. Change. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2910
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Durrant, C., John, S., Gardiner, R., Alrefaei, A.F., Cunningham, A.A., Lawson, B. (2016). Detection of the European epidemic strain of Trichomonas gallinae in finches, but not other non-columbiformes, in the absence of macroscopic disease. Parasitology doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182016000780
*Joint first authorship
Opinion pieces
Chaves, M.E.D., Mataveli, G., zu Ermgassen, E.K H.J., Aragão, R.B., Adami, M., Sanches, I.D. (2023) Reverse the Cerrado’s neglect. Nat Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01182-w
Kehoe et al. (2019) Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable. Science 364:6438 doi: 10.1126/science.aaw8276
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Balmford, A., & Salemdeeb, R. (2016). Reduce, relegalize, and recycle food waste. Science 352:1526 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf9630
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., D.R. Williams & Balmford, A. (2014) Livestock: tackle demand and yields. Nature 508:186–186. doi:10.1038/508186b
Other research products
Explainer: Mapping cocoa exports from Ghana & Côte d'Ivoire
Insight: Chocolate companies face deforestation risks from unknown cocoa supplies
Insight: Corona accelerates US beef imports from Amazon
Trase Yearbook 2020. The state of forest-risk supply chains. https://insights.trase.earth/yearbook/summary. Insights include changes in China's deforestation risk, the impact of growth in exports on deforestation risk, and the high deforestation risk linked to Brazil's live cattle exports.
Trase Yearbook 2018. Sustainability in forest-risk supply chains: Spotlight on Brazilian soy. http://yearbook2018.trase.earth/
Garnett, T., Godde, C, Muller, M, Röös, E, Smith, P. de Boer, I., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J., Gerber, P., Herrero, M., van Middelaar, C., Schader, C., Teillard, F., van Zanten, H. Grazed and confused? Report for the Food Climate Research Network, aimed at policy makers and the public to demystify the role of ruminants in greenhouse gas emissions and climate mitigation. http://www.fcrn.org.uk/sites/default/files/project-files/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf
Datasets
Trase - Subnational SEI-PCS map of Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa exports v1.1.0 (2019). Available at www.trase.earth.
Trase - Subnational SEI-PCS map of Brazilian beef exports v2.0 (2015-2017). Available at www.trase.earth. If using these data, please cite the manuscript "The origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil's beef exports", above.
Trase - Brazil beef slaughterhouse map v1.0 https://trase.earth/logistics-map?commodity=cattle
Books
Williams, D.R., Pople, R.G., Showler, D.A., Dicks, L.V., Child, M.F., zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J. & Sutherland, W.J. (2013) Bird Conservation - evidence for the effects of interventions. Pelagic Publishing. Available free at: www.conservationevidence.com/synopsis/download/8
Presentations
- Conference presentation: 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022, Julyu 2022 (Vienna). Session on 'Rethinking the Impact and Performance Implications of CSR'. Title: ‘Do Pasto ao Prato’: A citizen science initiative to (m)app the supply chain of cattle products within Brazil
- Conference presentation: Workshop II Rede Brasileira da Ciência Cidadã. July 2022 (Virtual). Title: 'O caminho percorrido para lançar a initiativa do Pasto ao Prato'.
- Invited presentation: Bangor University, lunchtime conservation talk series, December 2021 (virtual). Title : 'High steaks: mapping the global trade in deforestation-risk commodities'.
- Conference presentation: GeoInfo Conference, Session on agriculture. December 2021 (virtual). Title: “Do Pasto ao Prato: a citizen science initiative to (m)app the supply chain of animal products within Brazil”. Conference paper available here.
- Invited presentation: Centro de Ciências da Conservação e Sustentabilidade do Rio (CSRio), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), October 2021 (virtual). Title: “Do Pasto ao Prato: você sabe de onde vem a carne que você consome?”.
- Invited presentation: Princeton University CEREAL seminar series, October 2021 (virtual). Title: “High steaks: mapping the global trade of deforestation risk commodities”.
- Invited presentation: Sussex University, Food Seminar Series, March 2021 (virtual). Title “Tracing deforestation across borders: Building high resolution trade data for deforestation risk commodities to bridge the gap between producers and consumers and increase accountability across the supply chain.”
- Landscape 2021 conference, September 2021 (virtual). Title “Landscape approaches are key to cleaning up commodity supply chains".
- Paper selected for at 2021 PRME UK and Ireland Business and Society Research Development Workshop. May 20124 (virtual). Title: “Sustainable commodity sourcing in multi-tier supply chains”.
- Conference presentation: European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Network. January 2021. Title: Mapping commodity trade: the origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil’s beef exports
- Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 31st Annual Online conference. Session on Supply Chain Disruptions and Sustainability, , May 2021 (virtual). Title: “The origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil's beef exports”.
- European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Network (2021). TItle: Mapping commodity trade: the origin, supply chain, and deforestation risk of Brazil’s beef exports
- Global Land Programme (2019) Bern, Switzerland. Title: High-resolution mapping of cattle trade (~60 attendees).
- Conference presentation: telecoupling symposium at the 5th European Congress on Conservation Biology (ECCB), Jyväskylä, Finland. Title: "Monitoring impacts of Zero Deforestation Commitments in the soy sector"
- Conference presentation: 3rd International conference on Global Food Security (2017) Cape Town, South Africa. Title: “The economics, environmental impact and acceptability of recycling food waste as animal feed in the European Union”
- Invited presentation: UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Climate Change Study Circle, October 2017. Title: "Food losses, a sustainable animal feed?"
- Invited presentation at Wageningen University, Department of Animal Sciences, September 2017. Title: "Food losses, a sustainable animal feed?"
- Invited presentation: Earth and Life Institute of the Université catholique de Louvain, February 2017. Title: “The impact of forest protection in the Brazilian Amazon on agricultural production and productivity”
- Invited presentation: Steps to Sustainable Livestock conference in Bristol, January 2016. Title: “Food waste: a sustainable animal feed”
- Invited presentation: Sustainable Cattle Ranching conference, Rio de Janeiro, Nov 2015. Title: "Land Sparing in Brazil"
Conference posters
- 4th Global Food Security Conference, December 2020 (virtual). Title: “The supply chain and deforestation footprint of Brazilian beef exports”
- Top poster prize, Global Land Programme 3rd Open Science Meeting, Beijing, October 2016. One of 10 posters selected from ~100 entries.
- 2nd poster prize, Zoology Department day, May 2016: "EU legislation hampers livestock sustainability" (~25 posters entered).
- March 2016 Cambridge Student Conference for Conservation Science (SCCS): "The environmental impact of China’s dietary transition".
- March 2015 Cambridge SCCS: "EU legislation hampers livestock sustainability."