top of page

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIST

ALBANY, CA

Jonah Busch, Ph.D.

Jonah Busch, Ph.D.

Jonah Busch is an environmental economist who studies climate change and tropical deforestation. He is the author of more than forty scientific papers and the co-author of the book Why Forests? Why Now? The Science, Economics, and Politics of Tropical Forests and Climate Change.

RECENT BLOGS AND OP-EDS

Imported Deforestation

(jonahbusch.com)

Ecological Fiscal Transfers

(Conservation International)

(jonahbusch.com)

Behind the Paper: EFT

(Springer Nature Sustainability Community)

What drives deforestation

(Conservation International)

Cost-effectiveness of reforestation

(Springer Nature Research Communities)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

ncs

ncs

congo mining image

congo mining image

malaria_mosquito

malaria_mosquito

nclim13

Funk et al figure 1

Funk et al figure 1

Game et al 2018 four principles

Game et al 2018 four principles

Game et al 2018 four principles

Deforestation and Malaria

(World Development, 2020)

Deforestation and Malaria

(World Development, 2020)

Low-Cost Reforestation

(Nature Climate Change, 2019)

Securing Stable Forests

(Climate Policy, 2019)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

ncs

ncs

congo mining image

congo mining image

malaria_mosquito

malaria_mosquito

nclim13

Funk et al figure 1

Funk et al figure 1

Game et al 2018 four principles

Game et al 2018 four principles

Game et al 2018 four principles

Deforestation and Malaria

(World Development, 2020)

Deforestation and Malaria

(World Development, 2020)

Low-Cost Reforestation

(Nature Climate Change, 2019)

Securing Stable Forests

(Climate Policy, 2019)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Cost-effectiveness of Reforestation

(Nature Climate Change, 2024)

Sustainable Oil Palm Certification

(Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2024)

Reforestation in China

(Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023)

What Drives Deforestation?

(Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2023)

Pandemic Prevention

(Science Advances, 2022)

Imported Deforestation

(Environmental Research Letters, 2022)

bottom of page