ARE PhD candidate Bruno Pimenta presented his work on how deforestation in the Amazon responds to drought, and how this response differs between private and public land. Climate change has made drought events in the Amazon more frequent. Manmade deforestation can further deteriorate the region's climate, and weather conditions may also influence a farmer's decision to deforest. The Brazilian Amazon is a mosaic of public and private lands, and farmers in public lands may not have incentives to manage their lands sustainably. Bruno's work investigates how differently droughts affect farmers' land use decisions across public and private lands. Comparing pasture expansion in private and public lands within the same 0.5° cells, he finds that farmers in public lands accelerate their pasture expansion compared to those in private lands during drought years.