Lisa Rausch

Biographic Data

ID3577376
NAMELisa Rausch
GIVEN NAMESLisa
FAMILY NAMERausch
SIGNATURERAUSCH L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
ORCID0000-0001-6500-588X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS97
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX6

  • Mapping the geography of livestock systems in South America’s dry diagonal

    Open AccessJamie Burton, Pedro David Fernández et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2026

    Identified and mapped eleven livestock systems across South America’s Dry Diagonal. • Evidence of adaptive capacity yet marginalization of pastoralists and smallholders. • Capitalized ranching dominates the productive regions of the Cerrado and Chaco. • Replicable method to map diverse livestock systems using untapped datasets. Livestock production is a major driver of global environmental change, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and biod…

  • Land titles and deforestation: Evidence from Peru’s oil palm sector

    Open AccessCeleste Gunderson, Jessica L’roe et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2026References: 3

  • Can zero deforestation agreements in the cattle sector protect Colombia’s forests and páramos

    Open AccessClare Sullivan, Joseph App et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2025References: 4

  • Cattle supply chain fidelity in the Brazilian Amazon: Key considerations for deforestation monitoring

    Open AccessMarin Skidmore, Marcos Barrozo et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024

    Supply chain governance (SCG) is an increasingly important approach to man- age environmental protection and human rights in agricultural systems across the tropics. SCG helps relay the preferences of international consumers to producers and fills environmental policy gaps. Brazil’s Zero-Deforestation Cattle Agreements (CA) are one of the longest-standing examples of SCG but shortcomings in implementation have reduced their conservation impacts. …

  • The value of property rights and environmental policy in Brazil: Evidence from a new database on land prices

    Open AccessFanny Moffette, Daniel J Phaneuf et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2024References: 8

    Lack of property rights is associated with lower investment, development, and welfare. In the Brazilian Amazon, insecure property rights have historically led to civil conflicts and deforestation, which would be expected to provide incentives for landowners to seek formal title. In this paper, we construct a novel database of land prices in Brazil to measure the market value of formal title to land and compliance with environmental regulation. Us…

  • Sustainable intensification in the Brazilian cattle industry: The role for reduced slaughter age

    Open AccessMarin Skidmore, Marin Elisabeth Skidmore et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022

    The cattle industry in the Brazilian Amazon causes vast deforestation while producing at only one-third of the sustainable capacity. Slaughtering cattle at a younger age directly increases production per hectare per year, all else equal, and provides a potential path for sustainable intensification. Here we show that slaughter age is decreasing in the Amazon biome, but this increase in productivity varies across space and throughout the cattle su…

  • Cattle ranchers and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Production, location, and policies

    Open AccessMarin Skidmore, Marin Elisabeth Skidmore et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2021Cited by: 7References: 5

    Deforestation for cattle production persists in the Brazilian Amazon despite ongoing efforts by the public and private sectors to combat it. The complexity of the cattle supply chain, which we describe in depth here, creates challenges for the landmark Zero-Deforestation Cattle Agreements in particular and for enforcement of deforestation policies in general. Here, we present a holistic analysis that is increasingly relevant as the number of poli…

  • Brazil’s Amazon Soy Moratorium reduced deforestation

    Open AccessRobert Heilmayr, Lisa Rausch et al.ARTICLENature Food2020

  • The rotten apples of Brazil's agribusiness

    Open AccessRaoni Rajão, Britaldo Soares-Filho et al.ARTICLEScience2020

    Brazil's inability to tackle illegal deforestation puts the future of its agribusiness at risk

  • Demystifying sustainable soy in Brazil

    Open AccessMendelson Lima, Carlos Antonio da Silva Junior et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2019Cited by: 9References: 10

  • Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments

    Open AccessRhianna Garrett, R D Garrett et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2018Cited by: 27References: 7

    Zero-deforestation commitments are a type of voluntary sustainability initiative that companies adopt to signal their intention to reduce or eliminate deforestation associated with commodities that they produce, trade, and/or sell. Because each company defines its own zero-deforestation commitment goals and implementation mechanisms, commitment content varies widely. This creates challenges for the assessment of commitment implementation or effec…

  • Mapping properties to monitor forests: Landholder response to a large environmental registration program in the Brazilian Amazon

    Open AccessJessica L’roe, Lisa Rausch et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2016Cited by: 6References: 41

    Across the tropics, development banks and conservation donors are investing millions in property mapping and registration projects to improve accountability for deforestation. An evaluation of the effectiveness and accuracy of existing environmental registries is crucial to assure the success of future efforts. This study presents an evaluation of deforestation and registration behavior in response to one of the largest of these property registra…

  • Green for gold: Social and ecological tradeoffs influencing the sustainability of the Brazilian soy industry

    Rhianna Garrett, Rachael D Garrett et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Peasant Studies2016Cited by: 39References: 111

    In this study we assess the sustainability of the Brazilian soy industry over the past 40 years in comparison to alternative land uses. We conclude that Brazilian soy production performs as well as or better than sugarcane or cattle production in a number of areas, including macroeconomic contributions, local economic development and land use efficiency, though it involves similar tradeoffs between growth and equity, and food production and conse…

  • Brazil's Soy Moratorium

    Open AccessHolly K Gibbs, Lisa Rausch et al.ARTICLEScience2015

    Supply-chain governance is needed to avoid deforestation

  • Compliance and market exclusion in Brazilian agriculture: Analysis and implications for “soft” governance

    Open AccessChristian Brannstrom, Lisa Rausch et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2012Cited by: 9References: 49