Margret Köthke, Bettina Schröppel and Peter Elsasser were awarded the Thünen-Research Prize 2014 in the category "Scientific Publications".
The Award was given for two publications on global deforestation patterns and climate change mitigation strategies:
Köthke M, Schröppel B, Elsasser P (2014) National REDD + reference levels deduced from the global deforestation curve. Forest Pol Econ 43:18-28. doi: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.03.002
Köthke M, Leischner B, Elsasser P (2013) Uniform global deforestation patterns - an empirical analysis. Forest Pol Econ 28:23-37. doi: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.01.001
The Thünen-Research Awards were donated by the Society of the Friends of the Thünen Institute.