Next big idea in forest conservation? Playing games to understand what drives deforestation

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceJun 26, 2014, 4:07 pm90 pts
Dr. Claude Garcia plays games, but you won’t find him betting his shirt at the casino. As leader of the Forest Management and Development Research Group at ETH Zürich, Garcia and his team use participatory modeling and role-playing games, merged with more traditional disciplinary sciences such as ecology,…

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