Curriculum Vitae - Robin Naidoo Languages: English (first), French, Spanish WWF-US, Washington, DC, USACitizenship: Canadian, British E-mail: robin.naidoo@gmail.comBirthplace: Montreal, Canada http://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/robin-naidoo

Professional AppointmentsOct. 2014 – present Lead Wildlife Scientist, WWF-US, Washington, DC

July 2016 – present Associate Scientist, Conservation Science Partners, Truckee, CA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 2003 – Sept. 2003 Research Associate, Department of Rural Economy,University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

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

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

Degree awarded: PhDTitle: Economics, biodiversity conservation, & sustainable development

Sept. 1995 - May 1997: McGill University, Montreal, QC (Department of Biology)Degree awarded: MScTitle: Effect of gypsy moth defoliation on radial growth of trees

Sept. 1992- April 1995: McGill University, Montreal, QC (Department of Biology)Degree awarded: BSc (Hon)Area of study: Ecology CGPA: 3.76 (First Class Honours)

Publications (http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yuqv19MAAAAJ&hl=en)

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 Evolution 00: 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 Biology 30(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 Conservation 26(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 Biology 30(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 ONE 10(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. PNAS 112(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 Biology 13(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 Ecology 52(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 Biology 28(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 Health 9:27.

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 Heredity 104(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 Biology 27(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 Ecology 27: 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 ONE 7(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: http://www.plosbiology.org/article/comments/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal. 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, USA 105(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 Management 38(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, 2nd edition (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), Oxford University 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

Grant Amount Dates

Impacts of WWF programs on cultural values and attitudes towards wildlife. World Wildlife Fund.

Monitoring Africa's longest terrestrial wildlife migration: Burchell's zebra in the KAZA Conservation Area. Eppley Foundation

Transboundary movement ecology of Burchell's zebra in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. Eppley Foundation.

$30,000

$20,306

$26,600

2015-2016

2014-2015

2012-2014

Comparing ecological connectivity in conservation landscapes using movement and genetic data in African buffalo. World Wildlife Fund.

$17,000 2008-2009

Evaluating ecological connectivity in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. World Wildlife Fund.

$51,200 2007 - 2008

Evaluating economic returns from land-uses in Namibia: can wildlife pay its own way? World Wildlife Fund.

$20,000 2006 - 2007

Costs and benefits of ecoregion conservation. World Wildlife Fund. $15,000 2005 - 2006

Biodiversity, land use, and ecotourism in Mabira Forest, Uganda: options for sustainable development (with Vic Adamowicz). Fund for Support of International Development Activities, University of Alberta.

$9,045 2000 - 2001

Ecological and economic values of boreal forest biodiversity (with John Spence and Vic Adamowicz). ACA Grants in Biodiversity.

$14,000 1999-2000

Effects of burns and clearcuts on resident bird movement (with Susan Hannon). C/BAR Research Grant, Canadian Circumpolar Institute.

$2,000 1999

Awards

Award Amount Dates

SUFONAMA Visiting Professorship, University of Copenhagen € 4,800 April 2012

Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant. European Union. DECLINED

€ 75,000 2008-2011

WWF Science Fellowship. World Wildlife Fund (U.S.). In-kind 2003 - 2005

Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

$75,000 2003-2005

Dissertation Fellowship. University of Alberta. $18,000 2002 - 2003

J. Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award. University of Alberta. $800 2002 - 2003

ICRAF Degree Fellowship. International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (Kenya).

$5,000 2001

Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship. University of Alberta. $46,700 2000 - 2002

PhD Scholarship. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

$38,200 1998 - 2000

PhD Scholarship. FCAR (Government of Quebec). DECLINED $39,000 1998 - 2001

Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship. University of Alberta. $6,640 1998 - 2000

Faculty of Science Graduate Entrance Scholarship. University of Alberta. $2,000 1998-1999

Frank Rigler Award for Best Thesis in Ecology. Department of Biology, McGill University.

$500 1997

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. Simon Fraser University, 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. Simon Fraser University, 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. Simon Fraser University, 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. Simon Fraser University, Applied Population and Community Ecology (REM 611, Professor Anne Salomon).

Guest Lecture. Nov. 9, 2009. Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resources Management Program. University of British Columbia, Human Dimensions of Conservation (RMES 500F, Professors Kai Chan and Terre Satterfield).

Field course. Sept. 19-20, 2007. Introduction to radio-tracking. Namibia Ministry of Environment and Tourism, workshop for community game guards.

Guest Lecture. June 29, 2007. The relevance of economic costs to conservation planning. Society for Conservation Biology short course (Systematic conservation planning and the role of software: from data to implementation and management, instructor Dr. Bob Pressey, University of Queensland).

Guest Lecture. Sept. 11, 2006. What are ecosystem services? American Rivers, River Action Day.

Guest Lecture. October 31, 2000. The effects of economic prosperity on threatened species. University of Alberta, Endangered Species Conservation and Management (ENCS 464, Professor Fiona Schmiegelow).

Guest Lecture. September 16, 2000. Naidoo, R. and W.L. Adamowicz. Economic Prosperity and Nature: How Does Economic Growth Affect Endangered Species? “Saturday Sampler”, University of Alberta Invited Lecture to the general public.

Guest Lecture. February 3, 2000. Modeling cumulative impacts on a finite land base. University of Alberta, Ecological Anthropology (Anthropology 323, Professor Eric Higgs).

Teaching assistant. McGill University (Sept. 1995 - Dec. 1996)Courses: Biometry, Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, Principles of Organismal Biology.

Student supervision

Co-supervisor. Nuria Störmer, MA, University of Jena, Germany (2016).Co-supervisor. Allison Thompson, MSc, University of British Columbia, Canada (2015). Supervisory committee. Alejandra Echeverria, PhD, University of British Columbia, Canada (in progress). Supervisory committee. Alida O'Connor, MA, University of British Columbia, Canada (in progress). Supervisory committee. Jeff Muntifering, PhD, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (in progress).

Published Abstracts and Scientific Talks

Naidoo, R. Comparing and contrasting benefits derived from tourism and hunting on communal conservancies in Namibia. 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), Montpelier, France. August 2-6, 2015.

Naidoo, R. Ecological and socioeconomic aspects of community-based conservation in Namibia. Departmental Seminar, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. April 3, 2015.

Naidoo, R. Empirical Evaluations of Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Management program. Conservation Planning and Evaluation Workshop, San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California. March 11-13, 2015.

Naidoo, R. A newly-discovered migration of Burchell's zebra in Namibia & Botswana. Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting (North America Section), Missoula, Montana. July 13-16, 2014.

Naidoo, R. The science of community-based conservation in Namibia. Departmental Seminar, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. December 3, 2013.

Naidoo, R. Wealth, health, and wildlife: Impacts of communal conservancies in Namibia. Forces for Nature: The Power of Communities to Protect the Planet, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. November 13, 2013.

Naidoo, R. Conservation Science in Practice: Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resource Management Program. Department Seminar, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. February 13, 2013.

Naidoo, R., and K. Johnston. Community-based conservation and human health: effects of communal conservancies on HIV/AIDS-related behaviours of rural households in Namibia. North America Congress for Conservation Biology, 15-18 July, 2012, Oakland, CA.

Fisher, B., O. E. Freeman, R. Naidoo and N. Burgess. Does Governance Matter? Understanding the links between governance regimes and livelihood outcomes in Tanzania’s managed landscapes. North America Congress for Conservation Biology, 15-18 July, 2012, Oakland, CA.

Naidoo, R. Conservation Science in Practice: Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resource Management Program. Department Seminar, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. February 23, 2012.

Naidoo, R. Connecting ecosystems and human well-being: livelihoods. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, 16-20 February, 2012, Vancouver, Canada.

Naidoo, R. Conservation Science in Practice: Namibia's Community-Based Natural Resource Management Program. Departmental Seminar, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. December 7, 2010.

Naidoo, R., L.C. Weaver, G. Stuart-Hill, and J. Tagg. 2010. Biodiversity and economic benefits on communal lands in Namibia. 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 3-7 July, 2010, Edmonton, AB.

Naidoo, R. Panel discussant, InterAcademy Panel Biodiversity Conference: Integrating ecosystem services into biodiversity management. 12-15 January, 2010, The Royal Society, London.

Naidoo, R., P. Du Preez, M. Jago, G. Stuart-Hill, J. Tagg, L. C. Weaver, and S. Loarie. 2008. Movement of African buffalo in a transfrontier conservation area. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 13-17 July, 2008, Chattanooga, TN.

Naidoo, R., A. Balmford, R. Costanza, B.Fisher, R.Green, T.Malcolm, and T.Ricketts. 2007. Global-scale mapping of ecosystem services: implications for conservation priorities. 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 1-5 July, 2007, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Carwardine, J., K. Wilson, G. Ceballos, P.Ehrlich, R. Naidoo, H. Possingham, T. Iwamura, and S. Hajkowicz. 2007. Cost-effective priorities for global mammal conservation. 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 1-5 July, 2007, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Naidoo, R., T. Malcolm, and A. Tomasek. 2006. Valuing ecosystem services for use in cost-benefit analyses: sustainable development in the Heart of Borneo. 20 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 24-28 June, 2006, San Jose, CA.

Naidoo, R, and T.H. Ricketts. 2005. Incorporating economic costs and benefits of conserving natural ecosystems into conservation planning. DIVERSITAS OSC-1. 9-12 November, 2005, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Naidoo, R, W.L. Adamowicz, and T.H. Ricketts. 2005. Mapping opportunity costs of biodiversity conservation at different scales. 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 15-19 July, 2005, Brasilia, Brazil.

Ricketts, T., R. Naidoo and E. Dinerstein. 2005. Mapping the value of nature: incorporating ecosystem service values into broad-scale conservation plans. 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 15-19 July, 2005, Brasilia, Brazil.

Zuercher,, G.L., J.M.S. Hutchinson, P.S. Gipson, R. Naidoo, and O. Carrillo. 2004. Predators and Their Habitats Revisited: A Diverse Carnivore Community and Their Habitat Associations in the Atlantic Forest of Paraguay. Defenders of Wildlife Carnivores 2004 Conference. 14-17 November, 2004, Santa Fe, NM.

Naidoo, R. 2004. Spatio-temporal ecological trends in the Mbaracayu Forest Biosphere Reserve: implications for sustainable management. 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 30 July-2 August, 2004, NY, NY.

Naidoo, R. 2002. Effects of landuse on bird communities in a tropical forest - agroforestry landscape. 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 14-19 July, 2002, Canterbury, UK.

Naidoo, R. 2000. Does increased economic prosperity lead to fewer threatened species? 14 th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. 9-12 June, 2000, Missoula, MT.

Naidoo, R. and M. Carlson. 2000. A cumulative effects assessment of the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains near Hinton, Alberta. Biology 631 Seminar Series (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta). 21 January, 2000.

Naidoo, R., R. Carignan, and D.H. Vitt. 1998. Canada’s sustainable forest management network. 1998 Annual ESA Meeting. 2-6 August, 1998, Baltimore, MD.

Naidoo, R., and M.J. Lechowicz. 1997. The effect of climate and gypsy moth defoliation on radial growth of northeastern deciduous trees. 1997 Annual Joint Meeting of the Botanical Society of America. 3-7 August, 1997, Montreal, QC.

Naidoo, R., and M.J. Lechowicz. 1996. The effect of gypsy moth defoliation on annual growth increment in deciduous trees. 1996 Annual Combined Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 10-14 August, 1996, Providence, RI.

Naidoo, R., and M.J. Lechowicz. 1996. L’effet de la défoliaison par la spongieuse sur les arbres feuillus: étude dendrochronologique. 64e Congrès de l’ACFAS. 13-17 mai, 1996, Université McGill, Montréal, QC.

Developing Country Experience

April 2007 – present Field research in Namibia (16 trips, ~10 months spent in-country)

Sept. 2003 – August 2004: Residence in Paraguay (post-doctoral research, WWF)

April 2001 – September 2001 Temporary residence in Uganda (doctoral thesis research, University of Alberta)

In addition, I have made at least one short-term (<= 1 month) visit to the following countries: Angola, Argentina, Barbados, Botswana, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, Zambia.

Contracting

2009 – 2010 "Technical Assistance for Analyzing Climate Change Impacts to Ecosystem Services", EP-W-07-072, Environmental Protection Agency, USA.

Professional Affiliations / Contributions

Journal reviews: African Journal of Ecology, Agriculture, Ecosystems, & Environment, Animals, Biological Conservation, Bioscience, Conservation Biology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Economics, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Diversity and Distributions, Ecological Applications, Ecology & Society, Environmental Conservation, Environment & Development Economics, Ecology Letters, Forest Ecology & Management, Forest Economics & Policy, Frontiers in Ecology & Environment, Global Environmental Change, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management; Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Environment and Development, Land Use Policy, Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Geoscience, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, PLoS Biology, PLoS ONE, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Wetlands.

Grant reviews: BP Conservation Programme, NSERC Discovery Grants Program, Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund (WWF).

Editorial Board memberships: Conservation Letters (2008 - present), Conservation Biology (Guest Editor, 2008), Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (Ad-hoc Editor, 2009-2010), Ecological Applications (Guest Editor, 2013).

Review Committees: SESYNC Scientific Review Committee (2016-2017); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation - Development Priorities Window 1 (2016); Technical Advisory Group, Living Planet Report (2016); National Accounts Review Committee, Ecological Footprint Network (2013-2015).

Memberships: Society for Conservation Biology, Ecological Society of America, NCEAS Working Group on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2005-2007)

References

Professor Andrew Balmford, FRSDepartment of Zoology, University of CambridgeEmail: apb12@cam.ac.uk

Professor Taylor RickettsGund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of VermontEmail: Taylor.Ricketts@UVM.edu

Professor Kai Chan

Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British ColumbiaEmail: kaichan@ires.ubc.ca