Lisa Naughton

Position title: Professor

Address:
Science Hall, Room 334
550 North Park Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1404

Website

https://naughton.geography.wisc.edu/

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1998
PhD, Wildlife Ecology, University of Florida-Gainesville, 1997
MSc Geography, UW-Madison
B.Sc. Geography and Zoology, UW-Madison

TEACHING INTERESTS

Biodiversity conservation; Land tenure, tropical forests and livelihoods; Methods and Design for Interdisciplinary Research on the Environment

Interactive, role-playing exercise – Protecting Communities and Forests in the Peruvian Amazon (open access, designed for undergraduate students)

RESEARCH AREAS

Biodiversity conservation in developing countries; Social conflict and land use around protected areas; Land tenure & property rights; Wildlife conservation in human-dominated landscapes; Informal gold mining in tropical forests; Tropical Africa; Tropical South America

CURRENT RESEARCH

– Gold mining and deforestation in Tambopata, Peru
– Land tenure and tropical forests
– Wildlife conservation in human-dominated ecosystems
– Attitudes toward wolves and coyotes in Wisconsin

COURSES TAUGHT

Geog 339 Environmental Conservation
Geog 434 People, Wildlife and Landscapes
Geog 538 The Humid Tropics: Ecology and Development
Geog 930 People and Protected Areas in the Tropics
Geog 930 Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conservation

AFFILIATIONS

-American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected member)
– Women in Geography, UW Madison
– Forests & Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement (FLARE) Network
– Association of American Geographers
– American Association of University Women
– Graduate Women in Science
– Society for Conservation Biology
– Conference of Latin American Geographers

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

*includes student co-author

*Brandão, J., H. Gibbs, L. Naughton-Treves, Munger, J. and L. Rausch. 2023. Behind the Cattle Industry: Modern Slave Labor Used to Produce Brazil’s Beef and Leather” SSRN Research Paper Series. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4590747

Silva-Rodríguez, E. A., Cortés, E. I., Zambrano, B., Naughton-Treves, L., & Farías, A. A. (2023). On the causes and consequences of the free-roaming dog problem in southern Chile. Science of The Total Environment, 891, 164324.

*Rogers, A., L. Naughton-Treves, R. Karamagi, M. Nyakojo, and A. Treves. 2023. Effectiveness of trenches for reducing crop foraging by elephants. Lessons from Kibale National Park, Uganda. PLoS One.18(7) e028815

*L’Roe, J., N. Kimambo, R. Strull, L. Naughton-Treves, F. Kyengonzi, D. Kuzaara. 2022.^“Education is the land I give them – Mothering amid growing land competition in rural Uganda” Journal of Land Use Science.

Alvarez, N, L’Roe, J, and L. Naughton-Treves. 2021. “Does formalizing artisanal gold mining mitigate environmental impacts? Deforestation evidence from the Peruvian Amazon” Env Research Letters: 064052.

Tseng, Tzu-Wei et al (one of 23 authors). 2021. “How do tenure interventions influence socio-ecological conditions?” Nature Sustainability 4.3: 242-251.

Alvarez, N, L’Roe, J, and L. Naughton-Treves. 2021. “Does formalizing artisanal gold mining mitigate environmental impacts? Deforestation evidence from the Peruvian Amazon” Env Research Letters: 064052.

Tseng, Tzu-Wei et al (one of 23 authors). 2021. “How do tenure interventions influence socio-ecological conditions?” Nature Sustainability 4.3 (2021): 242-251.

*Etchart, N., Holland, M., Jones, K. and L. Naughton-Treves. 2020. “What happens when the money runs out? Forest outcomes and equity concerns following Ecuador’s suspension of conservation payments” World Development. 136, 105124.

*Kimambo, NE, L’Roe, J., Naughton-Treves, L, and V. Radeloff. 2020. “The role of smallholder woodlots in global restoration pledges – Lessons from Tanzania” Forest Policy and Economics.

Masuda, YJ, et al (one of 15 authors). 2020. “How do practitioners characterize land tenure security?” Conservation Science and Practice. 2:e186. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.186

*Jones, K., Etchart, N., Holland, M., Naughton-Treves, L. and R. Arragiada. 2020. “The impact of paying for forest conservation on perceived tenure security in Ecuador”. Conservation Letters. e12710.

Naughton-Treves, L., and M. Holland. 2019. “Losing ground in protected areas?” Science 364.6443: 832-833.

Kimambo, N. and L. Naughton-Treves. 2019. “The Role of Woodlots in Forest Regeneration outside Protected Areas: Lessons from Tanzania.” Forests:10(8):23 pp.

Villatoro, F. J., Naughton-Treves, L., Sepúlveda, M., Stowhas, P., Mardones, F., & E. Silva-Rodríguez. 2019. “When free-ranging dogs threaten wildlife: Public attitudes toward management strategies in southern Chile”. J. of Env Management. 229:67-75.

*Silva-Rodríguez, E., et al. & L. Naughton-Treves. 2019. ”Interacciones entre fauna silvestre y comunidades humanas en Chile”. in Naturaleza en Sociedad. Eds. Cerda, C., et al. Ocho Libros Editores. Santiago, Chile.

Robinson, B. et al (one of 17 co-authors). 2018. “Incorporating Land Tenure Security into Conservation” Conservation Letters: 11:1-12.

Robinson, B., Holland, M. and L. Naughton-Treves. 2017. “Community land titles alone will not protect forests. A response to Blackman et al”. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 114: E5764-5.

Holland, M., Jones, K., Naughton-Treves, L., Morales, M., Suárez, L. and J-L Freire. 2017. “Titling land to conserve forests and strengthen tenure security”. Global Environmental Change. 44:27-38.

*L’Roe, J. and L. Naughton-Treves. 2017.“Forest edges in Uganda: from refuge for the poor to zone of investment”. Forest Policy and Economics. 84: 102-111

*Naughton-Treves, L., et al. 2017. “A long term comparison of local perceptions of crop raiding at Kibale National Park, Uganda”. pp. 127-147 in Understanding Conflicts About Wildlife: A Biosocial Approach. K. Hill et al. (Eds) Berghahn Books, London.

Jones, K., Holland, M. and L. Naughton-Treves. 2017. “Rewards for ecosystem services and deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon”. Environmental Conservation. 44:56-65

*Weisse, M and L. Naughton-Treves. 2016. “Conservation beyond park boundaries: the impact of buffer zones on deforestation and mining concessions in the Peruvian Amazon”. Environmental Management: 1-15.

*Weisse, M. J., Omri, M., White, G., Roth, R. E., & L. Naughton-Treves. 2015. Who owns paradise? Using web mapping to enhance a geography course exercise about tropical forest conservation. J. of Maps, 11, 525-33.

*L’Roe, J. and L. Naughton-Treves. 2014. Effects of a conservation policy-induced income shock on forest-dependent households in the Peruvian Amazon. Ecological Economics 97: 9 pp.

*Hazzah, L., Dolreny, S., Naughton, L., Edwards, C., Mwebi, O. , Kearney, F. and L. Frank. 2014. “Participation and Payments: Efficacy of two lion conservation programs in Maasailand, Kenya”. Conservation Biology. 28(3):851-860.

*Robinson, B., M. Holland and L. Naughton-Treves. 2014. “Does secure land tenure save forests? A meta-analysis of the relationship between land tenure and tropical deforestation”. Global Environmental Change. 29, 281-293.

*Karanth, K., DeFries, R. Naughton-Treves, L. and A. Gopalaswamy. 2013. “Living with Wildlife and Mitigating Conflicts around Three Indian Protected Areas”. Environmental Management. 52(6): 1320-1332.

*Treves, A., Naughton-Treves, L. and V. Shelley. 2013. “Longitudinal analysis of attitudes toward wolves” Conservation Biology. 27(2): 315-323.

*Naughton-Treves, L. and K. Wendland. 2013. “Land Tenure and Tropical Forest Carbon Management” World Development. DOI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.010

*Holland, M., de Koning, F, Morales, M, Naughton-Treves, L., Robinson, B. and L. Suárez. 2013. “Complex tenure and deforestation: implications for conservation incentives in the Ecuadorian Amazon”. World Development. DOI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.012

*Jackson, M. and L. Naughton-Treves. 2012. “Eco-bursaries as incentives for conservation around Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya”. Environmental Conservation. 39 (4): 347-356.

Naughton-Treves, L. 2012. “Participatory Zoning to Balance Conservation and Development in Protected Areas” pp. 235-252 in J. Ingram et al eds. The Application of Ecology in Development Solutions. Springer Press, New York.

*Naughton-Treves, L. and C. Day. eds. 2012. Lessons about Land Tenure, Forest Governance and REDD+.Case Studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Madison, Wisconsin: UW-Madison Land Tenure Center. USAID www.rmportal.net/landtenureforestsworkshop

*Day, C. and L. Naughton-Treves. 2012. “Introduction: Early Efforts to Secure Land Tenure within Forest Carbon Management Projects” Chpt. 1 in Lessons about Land Tenure, Forest Governance and REDD+.Case Studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Madison, Wisconsin: UW-Madison Land Tenure Center.

Lastarria, S., Morales, M., Naughton-Treves, L. and L. Suárez. 2012. Efforts to secure indigenous communal land rights in NW Ecuador. Chpt 10 in Lessons about Land Tenure. UW-Madison Land Tenure Center.

*Robinson, B., M. Holland and L. Naughton-Treves. 2011 “Does secure land tenure save forests? A review of the relationship between land tenure and tropical deforestation”. White paper CGIAR/IFRI. http://ccafs.cgiar.org/news/pro-poor-mitigation/climate-changeemissions-and-livelihoods-forest-farm-frontier

Naughton-Treves, L., Chapman, C. and J. Alix-Garcia. 2011. “Parks and Poverty: Lessons from a decade of forest loss and economic growth around Kibale National Park, Uganda”. Proc of Natl Academy of Science. 108(34): 13919–13924.

*Shelley, V., A. Treves and L. Naughton-Treves. 2011. “Attitudes to Wolves and Wolf Policy among Ojibwe Tribal Members and Non-tribal Residents of Wisconsin’s Wolf Range”. Human Dimensions of Wildlife.16(6): 397-413.

*Bruce, J., K. Wendland and L. Naughton-Treves. 2010. “Whom to pay? Key Concepts and Terms regarding Tenure and Property Rights in Payment-based Forest Ecosystem Conservation.” Land Tenure Center Policy Brief 15. http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ltc/

Morales, M., Naughton-Treves, L. and L. Suárez (Eds). 2010. Seguridad en la tenencia de la tierra e incentives para la conservación de bosques. Quito-Ecuador: Publicaciones ECOLEX. 95 pp.