Peer-reviewed publications:
8. He, Y., Czaplicki Cabezas, S., Maillard, O., Müller, R., Romero-Muñoz, A., Romero Pimentel, L. F., Vadillo, A., & Vos, V. A. (2025). Enact reforms to protect Bolivia’s forests from fire. Science, 387,255-255. (Full Text; Press Release; Media coverage: DW Español, Revista Nórmadas)
7. Qin, S., Buchadas, A., Meyfroidt, P., He, Y., Ghoddousi, A., Pötzschnera, F., Baumann, M., Kuemmerle, T. (2024). Links between deforestation, conservation areas, and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America. People and Nature, 6(5), 1789-1803. (Full Text)
6. Qin, S., He, Y.*, Golden Kroner, R. E., Shrestha, S., Coutinho, B. H., Karmann, M., Ledezma, J.C., Martinez, C., Morón-Zambrano, V., Ulloa, R., Yerena, E., Bernard, C., Bull, J.W., Mendoza, E., de Pracontal, N., Reytar, K., Veit, P., Matallana‐Tobón, C.L., Wiley, L.A., Mascia, M. (2024). Recognize diverse governance systems for area-based conservation of nature. One Earth. (*lead corresponding author and co-first author) (Full Text; Data; Code; Press Release; Media coverage: Mongabay)
5. Jagadish, A., Freni-Sterrantino, A., He, Y., O’ Garra, T., Gecchele, L., Mangubhai, S., Govan, H., Tawake, A., Tabunakawai Vakalalabure, M., Mascia, M. B., & Mills, M. (2024). Scaling Indigenous-led natural resource management. Global Environmental Change, 84, 102799. (Full Text)
4. Mack, E. A., Sauls, L. A., Jokisch, B. D., Nolte, K., Schmook, B., He, Y., Radel, C., Allington, G. R. H., Kelley, L. C., Scott, C. K., Leisz, S., Chi, G., Sagynbekova, L., Cuba, N., & Henebry, G. M. (2023). Remittances and land change: A systematic review. World Development, 168, 106251. (Full Text)
3. He, Y., Baldiviezo, J-P., Agrawal, A., Candaguira, V., & Perfecto. I. (2019). How should an indigenous community in eastern Bolivia defend their land and forests? – A sustainability case study. Case Studies in the Environment. (Full Text)
2. Golden Kroner, R.E., Qin, S., Cook, C.N., Krithivasan, R., Pack, S.M., Bonilla, O.D., Cort-Kansinally, K.A., Continho, B., Feng, M., Martínez Garcia, M.I., He, Y., Kennedy, C., Lebreton, C., Ledezma, J.C., Lovejoy, T.E., Luther, D.A., Parmanand, Y., Ruíz-Agudelo, E.Y., Zambran, V.M., & Mascia, M.B. (2019). The uncertain future of protected lands and waters. Science, 364(6443), 881-886. (Full Text)
1. Li, K.*, He, Y.*, Campbell, S. K., Colborn, A. S., Jackson, E. L., Martin, A., Monagan, I.V., Ong, T.W.Y., & Perfecto, I. (2017). From endogenous to exogenous pattern formation: Invasive plant species changes the spatial distribution of a native ant. Global Change Biology, 23(6), 2250-2261. (*co-first author) (Full Text)
Manuscripts under review:
O’Neill, H.M.K, Beeken, J., Bingham, H.C., Golden Kroner, R., He, Y… Davies, Z.G., & Smith, R.J. Global conserved area coverage substantially exceeds current estimates. Revise and Resubmit: Nature
Shrestha, S., Nowakowski, J., Olsson, E., Noon, M., Hunt, D., Costedoat, S., Degawan, M., Berger, Cerda, J., Corrigan, C., Golden Kroner, R., He, Y., M., Muñoz Brenes, C., Mascia, M.B. For a Sustainable Future, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Need More Than Legal Rights. Revise and Resubmit: Nature
Working papers
Deforestation as Patronage: Political Alignment and Deforestation Law Enforcement in Bolivia
(Draft)
Unequal Health Impact of Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon (with Anna Pede, Jacqueline de Aguiar Barros, and Robert Heilmayr)
Playing with Fire: The Environmental Consequences of an Electorally Motivated License to Burn (With Kathryn Baragwanath, Cesar B. Martinez-Alvarez, and Fatiq Nadeem)
Differential forest law enforcement by land user group in Bolivia
Community Land-Use Consensus and Forest Outcomes: Evidence from Peru (With Anna Pede, Mark Buntaine, Marco Milliones, and Stu Hamilton)