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Alexander Pfaff, Professor  

Duke Box: 90312
Email Address: alex.pfaff@duke.edu
Web Page: http://alexpfaff.com/

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995
    B.A., Yale University, 1988

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Velez, MA; Rueda, X; Henao, JP; Monroy, D; Tobin, D; Maldonado, J; Pfaff, A. "Small-scale gold miners’ preferences on formalization: First steps toward sustainable supply chains in Colombia." World Development 188 (April, 2025). [doi]  [abs]
    2. Balmford, A; Ball, TS; Balmford, B; Bateman, IJ; Buchanan, G; Cerullo, G; d'Albertas, F; Eyres, A; Filewod, B; Fisher, B; Green, JMH; Hemes, KS; Holland, J; Lam, MS; Naidoo, R; Pfaff, A; Ricketts, TH; Sanderson, F; Searchinger, TD; Strassburg, BBN; Swinfield, T; Williams, DR. "Time to fix the biodiversity leak.." Science (New York, N.Y.) 387.6735 (January, 2025): 720-722. [doi]  [abs]
    3. Le Velly, G; Delacote, P; Golden Kroner, RE; Keles, D; Pfaff, A. "Politics driving efforts to reduce biodiversity conservation in the United States." Ecology and Society 29.3 (September, 2024). [doi]  [abs]
    4. Losos, EC; Pfaff, A; Pimm, SL. "Tackling debt, biodiversity loss, and climate change.." Science (New York, N.Y.) 384.6696 (May, 2024): 618-621. [doi]  [abs]
    5. Gill, DA; Lester, SE; Free, CM; Pfaff, A; Iversen, E; Reich, BJ; Yang, S; Ahmadia, G; Andradi-Brown, DA; Darling, ES; Edgar, GJ; Fox, HE; Geldmann, J; Trung Le, D; Mascia, MB; Mesa-Gutiérrez, R; Mumby, PJ; Veverka, L; Warmuth, LM. "A diverse portfolio of marine protected areas can better advance global conservation and equity.." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121.10 (March, 2024): e2313205121. [doi]  [abs]

    Highlight:
    Alex Pfaff is a Professor of Public Policy, Economics and Environment at Duke University. He studies how economic development affects and is affected by natural resources and the environment. His focus is on the impacts of conservation policies (such as protected areas, ecoservices payments, and certifications) and development policies (such as roads and rights). Those impacts are functions of choices by individuals and communities that affect land use, water quantity and quality, human exposures (to arsenic, mercury, mining, and particulates), and both the provision and use of information.

    Research accessible at AlexPfaff.com


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