Lara T. Murray
Natural Resources Specialist (Carbon)
Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment Research
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20250-0003
United States
Washington, DC 20250-0003
United States
Phone
202-604-6747
Research Interest
My research interests primarily relate to understanding and communitacting where our greatest opportunities lie for climate change mitigation through land use. My background is in terrestrial carbon assessment, particularly within the context of tropical forests and REDD+ program implementation, as well as measurement and monitoring impacts from forest landscape restoration activities. This includes international policy and compliance with commitments to quantify and incentivize actions that lower atmospheric CO2 emissions.
Education
- Dresden University of Technology, Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, MSc Tropical Forestry, Forestry, 2012
- University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, MSc Forests and Livelihoods, Forestry, 2011
- Temple University, BA Geography and Urban Studies, Geography, 2009
- Temple University, Tyler School of Art, BA Art History, Art History, 2009
Featured Publications
- Hayes, Jennifer ; Murray, Lara. 2021. Research Improves Climate-Smart Management of America's Forests and Grasslands
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Dave, R., Saint-Laurent, C., Murray, L.T., et al. 2019. Second Bonn Challenge progress report: application of the Barometer in 2018. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ISBN: 978-2-8317-1980-1
- Bernal, B., Murray, L.T., Pearson, T.R.H. 2018 Global Carbon Dioxide Removal Rates from Forest Landscape Restoration Activities. Journal of Carbon Balance and Management, 13:22.
- Murray, L.T., Sidman, G., Grais, A., Bernal, B., Pearson, T.R.H., and Sohngen, B. 2017. Northern Ghana Land Use Environmental and Economic Valuation Study. A Report for the United States Agency for International Development Feed the Future Ghana Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Project (USAID Ghana AgNRM).
- Pearson, T.R.H, Brown, S., Murray, L.T., Sidman, G. 2017. Greenhouse gas emissions from tropical forest degradation: an underestimated source. Carbon Balance and Management 12 (1), 3. DOI: 10.1186/s13021-017-0072-2
- Goslee, K., Brown, S., Walker, S.M., Murray, L.T., Tepe, T. 2015. Review of aboveground biomass estimation techniques. Winrock International under High Carbon Stocks Study.
- Dietmar, S., Murray, L.T., Kirchner, A., Lindner, A. 2014. Influence of Soil and Topography on Aboveground Biomass Accumulation and Carbon Stocks of Afforested Pastures in South Eastern Brazil. Ecological Engineering 73: 126-131.