Curriculum Vitae - Robin Naidoo

Curriculum Vitae - Robin Naidoo

Languages: English (first), French, SpanishWWF-US, Washington, DC, USA

Citizenship: Canadian, BritishE-mail:

Birthplace: Montreal, Canada

Professional Appointments

Oct. 2014 – presentLead Wildlife Scientist, WWF-US, Washington, DC

July 2016 – presentAssociate Scientist, Conservation Science Partners, Truckee, CA

November 2005 – Sept. 2014SeniorConservation Scientist, WWF-US,Washington, DC

December 2012 - presentResearch Affiliate, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.

July 2012 – presentResearch Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Environment, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

October 2009 – presentAdjunct Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Sept. 2003 – Aug. 2011Adjunct Professor, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Sept. 2003 – Nov. 2005Postdoctoral Fellow, Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund (U.S.), Washington, DC

Oct. 2003 –July 2004Research Director, Fundacion Moises Bertoni,Paraguay

May 2003 – Sept. 2003Research Associate, Department of Rural Economy,

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Dec. 1997 - Oct. 1998Research Manager, Sustainable Forest Management Network, Edmonton, AB

Education

Sept. 1998 – May 2003: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Dept. of Biological Sciences)

Degree awarded: PhD

Title: Economics, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development

Sept. 1995 - May 1997: McGillUniversity, Montreal, QC (Department of Biology)

Degree awarded: MSc

Title: Effect of gypsy moth defoliation on radial growth of trees

Sept. 1992- April 1995: McGillUniversity, Montreal, QC (Department of Biology)

Degree awarded: BSc (Hon)

Area of study: Ecology CGPA: 3.76 (First Class Honours)

Publications ()

In Review/ In Prep

Muntifering, J., W. Linklater, R. Naidoo, S. !Uri-≠Khob, P. du Preez, P. Beytell, S. Jacobs, A. Knight. Quantifying free-ranging black rhinoceros tolerance towards tourism: managing for coexistence. In review, Biological Conservation.

Muntifering, J., W. Linklater, R. Naidoo, S. !Uri-≠Khob, P. du Preez, P. Beytell, S. Jacobs, A. Knight. Close encounters of the sustainable kind: a protocol for ensuring positive rhinoceros and tourist interactions. In review, Conservation Letters.

Naidoo, R., J.W. Kilian, P. Du Preez, P. Beytell, O. Aschenborn, R.D. Taylor, and G. Stuart-Hill. Evaluating the effectiveness of local- and regional-scale wildlife corridors using quantitative metrics of functional connectivity. In review, Biological Conservation.

Girardello, M., A. Santangeli, E. Mori, S. Fattorini, R. Naidoo, S. Bertolino, J.-C. Svenning. Global synergies and trade-offs between multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In prep.

Martone, R., R. Naidoo, T. Coyle, K.M.A. Chan. Quantifying variable tourism benefits associated with reintroducing a top predator in coastal British Columbia. In review, Ecological Economics.

Stormer, N., G. Stuart-Hill, R. Diggle, L.C. Weaver, and R. Naidoo. Evaluating the impacts of large-scale community-based conservation on rural residents' attitudes towards wildlife. In prep.

Published /In Press

60. Hudson, L.N., …, R. Naidoo, …, et al. 2016. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution00: 1–44. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2579.

59. Fisher, B., R. Naidoo, J. Guernier, D. Mullins, D. Robinson, E. Allison. 2017. Integrating fisheries and agricultural programs for food security. Agriculture and Food Security 6:1 DOI 10.1186/s40066-016-0078-0.

58. Naidoo, R., M. Chase, P. Beytell, P. Du Preez, K. Landen, G. Stuart-Hill, and R. Taylor. 2017. Namibia and Botswana's zebra migration: still the longest, but for how long? A response to Schapira et al. Oryx 51: 20.

57. Naidoo, R., A. Balmford, B. Fisher, and A. Manica. 2016. Quantifying the economic losses to tourism in Africa from the illegal killing of elephants. Nature Communications 7: 13379.

56. Naidoo, R., L. C. Weaver, R.W. Diggle, A. Davis, G. Matongo, and G. Stuart-Hill. 2016. Importance of local values to successful conservation: response to Jacquet and Delon. Conservation Biology30(4): 912-913.

55. Thieme, M.L., N. Sindorf, J. Higgins, R. Abell, J. A. Takats, R. Naidoo, A. Barnett. 2016. Freshwater Conservation Potential of Protected Areas in the Tennessee and Cumberland River Basins, USA. Aquatic Conservation26(S1): 60-77.

54. Fisher, B., and R. Naidoo. The geography of global gender inequality. 2016. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0145778. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145778.

53. Naidoo, R., L. C. Weaver, R.W. Diggle, A. Davis, G. Matongo, and G. Stuart-Hill. 2016. Complementary benefits of tourism and hunting to communal conservancies in Namibia. Conservation Biology30(3): 628-638.

52. Pailler, S., R. Naidoo, N. Burgess, O. Freeman, B. Fisher. 2015. Impacts of community-based natural resource management on wealth, food security and child health in Tanzania. PLoS ONE10(7): e0133252. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133252.

51. Bateman, I.J., E. Coombes, E. Fitzherbert, A. Binner, T. Badura, C. Carbone, B. Fisher, R. Naidoo, and A.R. Watkinson. 2015. Conserving tropical biodiversity via market forces and spatial targeting. PNAS112(24): 7408-7413.

50. Riehl, B., H. Zerriffi, and R. Naidoo. 2015. Effect of community-based natural resource management on household welfare in Namibia. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0125531. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125531

49. Balmford, A., J.M.H. Green, M. Anderson, J. Beresford, C. Huang, R. Naidoo, M. Walpole, and A. Manica. 2015. Walk on the wild side: estimating the global magnitude of visits to protected areas. PLoS Biology13(2): e1002074. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002074.

48. Hudson, L.N., …, R. Naidoo, …, et al. 2015.The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology & Evolution: DOI:10.1002/ece3.1303.

47. Naidoo, R., P. Du Preez, G. Stuart-Hill, P. Beytell, and R. Taylor. 2014. Long-range movements of buffalo in Namibia and the surrounding Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation area. African Journal of Ecology52(4): 581-584.

46. Naidoo, R., M. Chase, P. Beytell, P. Du Preez, K. Landen, G. Stuart-Hill, and R. Taylor. 2016. A newly-discovered large mammal migration in Namibia and Botswana is the longest in Africa. Oryx 50(1): 138-146.

45. Fisher, B., P. Ferraro, L. Glew, M.Mascia, R. Naidoo, T.Ricketts, and A. Balmford. 2014. Moving Rio Forward and Avoiding 10 More Years with Little Evidence for Effective Conservation Policy. Conservation Biology28(3): 880-882.

44.M. Mascia, Pailler, S., M. Thieme, A. Rowe, M.C. Bottrill, F. Danielsen, J. Geldmann, R. Naidoo, A. Pullin, and N.D. Burgess. 2014. Commonalities and complementarities among approaches to conservation monitoring and evaluation. Biological Conservation 169: 258-267.

43. Naidoo, R. and K. Johnston. 2013. Community-based conservation reduces sexual risk factors for HIV among men. Globalization and Health9:27.

42. Epps, C., J. Castillo, A. Schmidt-Kuentzel, P. du Preez, Stuart-Hill, G., M. Jago, and R. Naidoo. 2013. Contrasting historical and recent gene flow among African buffalo populations in the Caprivi Strip of Namibia. Journal of Heredity104(2): 172-181.

41. Dinerstein, E., K. Varma, E. Wikramanayake, G. Powell, S. Lumpkin, R. Naidoo, M. Korchinksy, C. del Valle, S. Lohani, J. Seidensticker, D. Joldersma, T. Lovejoy, and A. Kushlin. 2013. Linking ecosystem services, conservation, and local livelihoods through a wildlife premium market. Conservation Biology27(1): 14-23.

40. Naidoo, R., P. Du Preez, G. Stuart-Hill, L.C. Weaver, M. Jago, and M. Wegmann. 2012. Factors affecting intraspecific home range size in a large African herbivore. Landscape Ecology27: 1523-1534.

39. Al-Abdulrazzak, D., R. Naidoo, M.L.D. Palomares, and D. Pauly. 2012. Gaining perspective on what we’ve lost: The reliability of encoded anecdotes in historical ecology. PLoS ONE7(8): e43386. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043386.

38. Forrest, J., E.Wikramanayake, R. Shrestha, G.Areendran, G.J. Thapa, K. Thapa, K. Gyeltshen, A. Maheshwari, S. Mazumdar, R. Naidoo, N. Shen. 2012. Conservation and climate change: assessing the vulnerability of snow leopard habitat to treeline shift in the Himalayas. Biological Conservation 150(1): 129-135.

37. Naidoo, R., P. Du Preez, G. Stuart-Hill, and M. Jago. 2012. Home on the range: Factors explaining partial migration of African buffalo in a tropical environment. PLoS ONE 7(5): e36527. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036527.

36. Fisher, B., R.K. Turner, N.D. Burgess, R.D. Swetnam, J. Green, R. Green, G. Kajembe, K. Kulindwa, S.L. Lewis, R. Marchant, A.R. Marshall, S. Madoffe, P.K.T. Munishi, S. Morse-Jones, S. Mwakalila, J. Paavola, R. Naidoo, T. Ricketts, M. Rouget, S. Willcock, S. White, and A. Balmford. 2011. Measuring, modeling, and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc mountains of Tanzania. Progress in Physical Geography 35(5): 595-611.

35. Naidoo, R., L.C. Weaver, M. de Longcamp, and P. du Plessis. 2011. Namibia's community-based natural resource management program: a payment for environmental services scheme in disguise? Environmental Conservation 38(4): 445-453.

34. Fisher, B., and R. Naidoo. 2011. Concerns about extrapolating right off the bat. Science 333: 287.

33. Naidoo, R., G. Stuart-Hill, L.C. Weaver, and J. Tagg. 2011. Effect of biodiversity on economic benefits from communal lands in Namibia. Journal of Applied Ecology 48(2):310-316.

32. Naidoo, R., G. Stuart-Hill, L.C. Weaver, J. Tagg, and A. Davis. 2011. Effect of diversity of large wildlife species on financial benefits to local communities in northwest Namibia. Environmental and Resource Economics 48(2):321-335.

31. Balmford, A., A. Rodrigues, R. Green, B. Fisher, R. Naidoo, B. Strassburg, and K. Turner. 2011. Bringing ecosystem services into the real world: an operational framework for assessing the economic consequences of losing wild nature. Environmental and Resource Economics 48(2):161-175.

30. Mascia, M.B., C.A. Claus, and R. Naidoo. 2010. The impacts of marine protected areas on fishing communities. Conservation Biology 24(5): 1424-1429.

29. Adams, V.M., R..L. Pressey, and R. Naidoo. 2010. Opportunity costs: who really pays for conservation? Biological Conservation 143: 439-448.

28. Bateman, I.J., B. Fisher, E. Fitzherbert, D. Glew, and R. Naidoo. 2010. Tigers, markets and palm oil: market potential for conservation. Oryx 44(2): 230-234.

27. Naidoo, R., A. Balmford, and A. Manica. 2010. Reply to Pergams and Zaradic. PLoS Biology: pbio.1000144.

26. Fisher, B., K. Bolt, R.B. Bradbury, T.A. Gardner, J.M.H. Green, D.G. Hole, and R. Naidoo. 2009. Two cultures of conservation. Conservation Biology 23(5): 1069-1071.

25. Balmford, A., J. Beresford, J. Green, R. Naidoo, M. Walpole, and A. Manica. 2009. A global perspective on trends in nature-based tourism. PLoS Biology 7: e1000144. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000144.

24. Naidoo, R., T.R. Malcolm, and A. Tomasek. 2009. Quantifying economic benefits and conversion costs of standing forests in upland areas of Borneo. Conservation Letters 2: 35-44.

23. Nelson, E., G.Mendoza, J.Regetz, S.Polasky, H.Tallis, D.Cameron, K.Chan, G.Daily, J.Goldstein, P.Kareiva, E.Lonsdorf, R. Naidoo, T.H. Ricketts, and R.Shaw. 2009. Modeling multiple ecosystem services and tradeoffs at landscape scales. Frontiers in Ecology & Environment 7(1): 4-11.

22. Fisher, B., K. Turner, M. Zylstra, R. Brouwer, R. de Groot, S. Farber, P. Ferraro, R. Green, D. Hadley, J. Harlow, P. Jefferiss, C. Kirkby, P. Morling, S. Mowatt, R. Naidoo, J. Paavola, B. Strassburg, D. Yu, and A. Balmford. 2008. Ecosystem services and economic theory: integration for policy-relevant research. Ecological Applications 18(8): 2050-2067.

21. Carwardine, J., K.A. Wilson, G. Ceballos, P.R. Ehrlich, R. Naidoo, T. Iwamura, S. Hajkowicz, and H.P. Possingham. 2008. Cost-effective conservation of mammal species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 105(32): 11446-11450.

20. Naidoo, R., A. Balmford, R. Costanza, B. Fisher, R.E. Green, B. Lehner, T.R. Malcolm, T.H. Ricketts. 2008. Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation priorities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA105(28): 9495-9500.

19. Loucks, C.J., T. Ricketts, R. Naidoo, J. Lamoreux, J. Hoekstra. 2008. Explaining the global pattern of protected area coverage: relative importance of biodiversity, human activities, and agricultural suitability. Journal of Biogeography 35: 1337-1348.

18. Naidoo, R., and T. Iwamura. 2007. Global-scale mapping of economic benefits from agricultural lands: Implications for conservation. Biological Conservation 140(1-2): 40-49.

17. Naidoo, R., A. Balmford, P.J. Ferraro, S. Polasky, T.H. Ricketts, and M. Rouget. 2007. Response to Hockley: The merit of economic and biological measures in conservation planning, Trends in Ecology & Evolution 22(6): 287-288.

16. Naidoo, R., A. Balmford, P.J. Ferraro, S. Polasky, T.H. Ricketts, and M. Rouget. 2006. Integrating economic costs into conservation planning. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 21(12): 681-687.

15. Naidoo, R., and T.H. Ricketts. 2006. Mapping the economic costs and benefits of conservation. PLoS Biology 4(11): e360.

14. Naidoo, R., and K. Hill. 2006. Emergence of indigenous vegetation classifications through integration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and remote sensing analyses. Environmental Management38(3): 377-387.

13. Naidoo, R., and W.L. Adamowicz. 2006. Modelling opportunity costs of conservation in transitional landscapes. Conservation Biology 20(2): 490-500.

12. Naidoo, R. 2006. Synergies between tiger conservation and ecosystem services: conservation for nature and people. In E. Dinerstein, C.Loucks, A.Heydlauff, E.Wikramanayake, G.Bryja, J.Forrest, J.Ginsberg, S.Klenzendorf, P.Leimgruber, T.O’Brien, E.Sanderson, J.Seidensticker, and M.Songer. Setting Priorities for the Conservation and Recovery of Wild Tigers: 2005-2015. WWF, WCS, Smithsonian, and NFWF-STF, Washington, D.C. – New York.

11. Ricketts, T.H., E.Dinerstein, T.Boucher, T.M.Brooks, S.H.M.Butchart, M.Hoffmann, J.F.Lamoreux, J.Morrison, M.Parr, J.D.Pilgrim, A.S.L.Rodrigues, W.Sechrest, G.E.Wallace, K.Berlin, J.Bielby, N.D.Burgess, D.R.Church, N.Cox, D.Knox, C.Loucks, G.W.Luck, L.L.Master, R.Moore, R. Naidoo, R.Ridgley, G.E.Schatz, G.Shire, H.Strand, W.Wettengel, and E.Wikramanayake. 2005. Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 102(51): 18497-18501.

10. Naidoo, R., and W.L. Adamowicz. 2005. Economic benefits of biodiversity exceed costs of conservation at an African rainforest reserve. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 102(46): 16712-16716. *

9. Harrison, B., F.K.A. Schmiegelow, and R. Naidoo. 2005. Stand-level response of breeding forest songbirds to multiple levels of partial-cut harvest in four boreal forest types. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35(7): 1553-1567.

8. Naidoo, R., and W.L. Adamowicz. 2005. Biodiversity and nature-based tourism at forest reserves in Uganda. Environment and Development Economics 10(2): 159-178.

7. Naidoo, R. 2004. Economic growth and liquidation of natural capital: the case of forest clearance. Land Economics 80(2): 194-208.

6. Naidoo, R. 2004. Avian species richness and community composition in a tropical forest - agricultural landscape. Animal Conservation 7(1): 93-105.

5. Naidoo, R., and W.L. Adamowicz. 2001. Effects of economic prosperity on numbers of threatened species. Conservation Biology 15(4): 1021-1029. **

4. Naidoo, R., and M.J. Lechowicz. 2001. The effects of gypsy moth on radial growth of deciduous trees. Forest Science 47(3): 338-348.

3. Naidoo, R. 2000. Response of breeding male Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus, to playbacks of drumming recordings. Canadian Field-Naturalist 114(2): 320-322.

2. Naidoo, R., and M.J. Lechowicz. 1999. Radial growth losses in preferred and avoided tree species during gypsy moth outbreaks. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 16(1): 11-18.

1. Naidoo, R., and M.J. Lechowicz. 1998. Foliage suitability of saplings grown under contrasting water regimes to the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L. Canadian Entomologist 130: 853-857.

Books, Book Chapters and Other Contributions

Fisher, B., R. Naidoo, and T.H. Ricketts. 2014. A field guide to economics for conservationists. Roberts & Company Publishers: Greenwood Village, USA.

Pennington, D.N., T. Ricketts, T., and R. Naidoo.2013. Priority Setting for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. In Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2ndedition (ed. Simon A. Levin), Volume 6, pp. 261-272. Waltham, MA: Academic Press.

Chan, K.M.A., Ban, N.C., and R. Naidoo. 2013. Integrating conservation planning with human communities, ecosystem services, and economics. In Shaping the Future: Conservation Planning from the bottom up - a practical guide for the 21st century. Esri Press, Redlands, CA.

Adamowicz, W.L., R. Naidoo, S. Polasky, and E. Nelson. 2011. Tourism and recreational benefits from ecosystems. In Natural Capital: Theory and Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services(eds. P. Kareiva, H. Tallis, T.H. Ricketts, G.C. Daily, S. Polasky), OxfordUniversity Press: Oxford, UK.

Chan, K.M.A., T. Satterfield, J. Goldstein, N. Hannahs, K. Kikiloi, R. Naidoo, and U. Woodside. 2011. Cultural services and non-use valuation. In Natural Capital: Theory and Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services (eds. P. Kareiva, H. Tallis, T.H. Ricketts, G.C. Daily, S. Polasky), Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.

Naidoo, R. 2008. The role of economic valuation in the conservation of tropical nature. Conference Proceedings, Economics and conservation in the tropics: a strategic dialogue, Conservation Strategy Fund, San Francisco.

Research Grants

Awards

Teaching Experience

Guest Lecture. Oct. 6, 2016. Estimating economic losses to tourism in Africa from the illegal killing of elephants. University of British Columbia, Ecosystem Services (RMES 508, Professor Kai Chan).

Guest Lecture. Sept. 30, 2014. Mapping the value of nature: ecosystem services and conservation planning. University of British Columbia, Ecosystem Services (RMES 508, Professor Kai Chan).

Guest Lecture. Sept. 30, 2014. Mapping the value of nature: ecosystem services and conservation planning. University of British Columbia, Ecosystem Services (RMES 508, Professor Kai Chan).

Guest Lecture. Sept. 25, 2014. Biodiversity and Conservation: From Global Planning to Local Implementation. University of British Columbia, The Ecological Context of Planning (PLAN 504, Professor Jordi Honey-Roses).

Guest Lecture. Sept. 16, 2014. Biodiversity and Conservation: From Global Planning to Local Implementation. University of British Columbia, Introduction to Environmental Science(ENVR 200, Professor Hisham Zerriffi).

Guest Lecture. Nov. 22, 2013. Conservation Science in Practice: Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. University of British Columbia, Foundations of Conservation (CONS 200, Professor Shannon Hagerman).

Guest Lecture. Oct. 1, 2013. Applied Conservation Science: Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. SimonFraserUniversity, Applied Population and Community Ecology (REM 611, Professor Anne Salomon).

Guest Lecture. Sept. 26, 2013. Applied Conservation Science: Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. University of British Columbia, The Ecological Context of Planning (PLAN 504, Professor Jordi Honey-Roses).

Guest Lecture. Oct. 17, 2012. Applied Conservation Science: Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. SimonFraserUniversity, Applied Population and Community Ecology (REM 611, Professor Anne Salomon).

Guest Lecture. Feb. 7, 2012. Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. University of British Columbia, Social-Ecological Systems (RMES 510, Professors Mark Johnson and Leila Harris).

Guest Lecture. Nov. 25, 2010. Applied Conservation Science: Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. SimonFraserUniversity, Applied Population and Community Ecology (REM 611, Professor Anne Salomon).

Guest Lecture. Nov. 15, 2010. Applied Conservation Science: Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. University of British Columbia, Conservation Biology (BIOL 416, Professor Mark Vellend).

Guest Lecture. Feb. 4, 2010. Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. University of British Columbia, Conservation Biology (BIOL 416, Professor Mark Vellend).

Guest Lecture. Nov. 16, 2009. Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. SimonFraserUniversity, Applied Population and Community Ecology (REM 611, Professor Anne Salomon).