Lisa Naughton
Position title: Professor
Email: naughton@geography.wisc.edu
Website: Naughton Research Group
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
– 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
*L,Roe, J. 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.
*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.