Forrest Fleischman
@ForrestFleisch1
Associate professor of environmental & natural resource policy at the University of Minnesota. Also @[email protected] on Mastodon, @forrestf.bsky.social
These days everyone seems to thinks that "planting trees" is an important solution to the climate crisis. They're mostly wrong, and in this paper we explain why. Instead of planting trees, we need to talk about people managing landscapes. 1/x academic.oup.com/bioscience/adv…
Drawing on data from over 400 forest plantations in Himachal Pradesh, India, we show that improved forest outcomes forest cover, forest-based livelihoods) are strongly associated with long-term participation by local people in decision-making iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…
This seems to be the really useful kind of "AI" application - providing data-based decision support to people facing real challenges. Whether it improves govt. tree planting in Himachal remains to be seen, but its a start.
I’ve supervised millions of trees planted across the Himalayas. But here’s the hard truth: most don’t survive. Why? -> Wrong trees. Wrong places. This monsoon, forest rangers in Himachal are using AI + Machine Learning to plant smarter. Here’s how it works 🧵
ok - any news on who I should vote for in the St Paul ward 4 city council race? My absentee ballot is arriving today.