INSTRUCTORS Jonah Busch, Conservation International
Dr. Jonah Busch is a climate and forest economist at Conservation International. He is the author of scientific publications on the finance, scope, equity, reference level design and biodiversity co-benefits of an international mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). As a leading researcher in the five-institution Collaborative Modeling Initiative on REDD+ Economics, Busch developed the OSIRIS model—a free, open source spreadsheet tool to compare country-by-country climate, forest and revenue impacts of alternative international REDD+ mechanism designs. In collaboration with the Government of Indonesia, the OSIRIS model is currently being extended to estimate and map impacts of alternative international and national REDD+ mechanism designs in Indonesia, Madagascar and Peru. Busch has advised on REDD+ for Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Norway, and the President of Guyana. |