Today’s podcast is with Mr. David Landholm, a PhD student at Humboldt University and a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. His work focuses on understanding local, regional and global causes of deforestation.
I talk to David about how he got into the topic of deforestation. He explains the type of data he uses depending on the scale of the research. He explains how conflicts and trade impact deforestation as well as how policy can encourage or discourage it. Lastly, we discuss where he believes the future of this type of research is heading.