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Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues

Department of Economics, University of Toronto

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Op-eds

  • “It is Cheaper to Preserve the Amazon than We Might Think,”
    in Oxford University Press Blog (OUPBlog), July 27, 2020
  • “Governments Do Not Know the Best Way to Save the Amazon Rainforest. And That Needs to Change,”
    with Sylvain Chabe-Ferret, Julie Subervie, and Arthur van Benthem,
    in The Economist, November 16, 2015
  • “Quelles Politiques Publiques pour Sauver la Forêt Amazonienne?”
    with Sylvain Chabe-Ferret, Julie Subervie, and Arthur van Benthem,
    in Le Monde, November 05, 2015

Media Mentions and Interviews

  • “Gas prices drop in Ontario following carbon tax removal”
    featured in CBC – April 1, 2025
  • “Soft skills and humanistic education are essential in the age of AI”
    featured in Estadao (Brazilian daily newspaper) – March 06, 2025
  • “City of Toronto launches 2025 budget plan”
    featured in The Eyeopener – January 28, 2025
  • “Researchers Explore Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops”
    featured in Farms.com – September 25, 2024
  • “Unveiling Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops”
    featured in Tech Explorist – September 25, 2024
  • “Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops Need More Study”
    featured in SeedDaily and TerraDaily – September 25, 2024
  • “Environmental Impacts of GM Crops”
    featured in Mirage.News – September 24, 2024
  • “The Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops”
    featured in Food Manufacturing – September 24, 2024
  • “Researchers Explore Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops”
    featured in Phys.org – September 24, 2024
  • “The Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops”
    featured in EurekAlert! – September 24, 2024
  • “Examining Brazil’s successful efforts to reduce deforestation through satellite imagery”
    featured in A&S News – July 11, 2024
  • “A Conversation with Professor Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues,”
    Podcast Globenomics: More Than Just Money, by Milin Aujla, June 01, 2024
  • “Earth Day: Access to Technology & Optimizing Policy Reduces Deforestation”
    featured in News from the Department of Economics, UoT – April 22, 2024
  • “Are we addicted to using plastic?”
    featured in The Medium – September 11, 2023
  • “The Japanese firms and megabanks funding rainforest destruction”
    featured in The Japan Times – June 4, 2023
  • “Assets to Axes: How Harvard’s Land Investments Inspired Fear in Brazil’s Cerrado”
    featured in The Harvard Crimson Magazine – April 17, 2023
  • “Interview with Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues”
    Podcast Outra Visão, by journalist Paulo Cunha, November 09, 2020 (in Portuguese)
  • “The Amazon rainforest is BEING burnt. Here’s why”
    Podcast The nth Dimension, by journalist Shreya Kalra (alternative link here), November 09, 2019
  • “À qui Appartient l’Amazonie?”
    featured in CBC Radio Canada – September 20, 2019
  • “Corned Beef And Handbags: How US Consumers Are Unwittingly Contributing to Deforestation in The Amazon”
    featured in BuzzFeed News – September 06, 2019
  • “Amazon Fires: What You Need to Know about the Rainforest Blazes”
    featured in Toronto Star News – August 27, 2019
  • “Capitalism and Climate Change,”
    Podcast The nth Dimension, by journalist Shreya Kalra (alternative link here), June 18, 2019
  • “Our Economic System Must Evolve in the Face of Environmental Devastation”
    featured in Open Democracy, June 11, 2019
  • “Environmental Groups Call on Ontario Candidates to Put a Cap on Bottled Water”
    featured in National Observer, May 17, 2018
  • “Selection of the List of Deforesting Municipalities had Expected Impacts”
    featured in Instituto Escolhas (Brazilian NGO) – December, 22nd, 2016
  • “Economist for Export”
    featured in Valor Economico (Brazilian daily newspaper specialized in Economics) – January 09, 2015

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