Robin Naidoo

Adjunct Professor

Department of Rural Economy
515 General Services Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2H1
Tel: 1-780-492-1518
Email: rnaidoo@ualberta.ca

I completed my doctorate in economics of biodiversity conservation at the University of Alberta, Canada in May 2003. After a post-doctoral fellowship in Paraguay funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, I am now a staff scientist with World Wildlife Fund based in Washington, DC.

Research Interests

My research interests span both ecological and economic aspects of the conservation of biological diversity. Current projects involve mapping the economic costs and benefits of biodiversity conservation, and include studies in Paraguay, Borneo, Tanzania, and at the global scale. I have general interests in empirical modelling of large-scale ecological-economic systems, tropical biodiversity and anthropogenic land-use, and the use of economic methods in conservation biology.

Publications

Loucks, C.J., ..., R. Naidoo, et al. Explaining the global pattern of protected area coverage: relative importance of biodiversity, human activities, and agricultural suitability. (in press, Journal of Biogeography).

Naidoo, R., and T. Iwamura. 2007. Global-scale mapping of economic benefits from agricultural lands: Implications for conservation. Biological Conservation 140: 40-49.[ pdf ]

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.[ pdf ]

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.[ pdf ]

Naidoo, R., and T.H. Ricketts. 2006. Mapping the economic costs and benefits of conservation. PLoS Biology 4(11): e360. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040360.[ pdf ]

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.[ pdf ]

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

Naidoo, R., and W.L. Adamowicz. 2005. Economic benefits of biodiversity exceed costs of conservation at an African rainforest reserve. PNAS 102(46): 16712-16716. [ pdf ]

Ricketts, T.H.,...,Naidoo, R.,...et al. 2005. Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions. PNAS 102(51): 18497-18501. [ pdf ]

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 35:1553-1567. [ pdf ]

Naidoo, R., and W.L. Adamowicz. 2005. Biodiversity and nature-based tourism at forest reserves in Uganda. Environment and Development Economics 10: 159-178. [ pdf ]

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

Naidoo, R. 2004. Species richness and community composition of songbirds in a tropical forest - agricultural landscape. Animal Conservation 7(1): 93-105. [ pdf ]

Naidoo, R., and W.L. Adamowicz. 2001. Effects of economic prosperity on numbers of threatened species. Conservation Biology 15: 1021-1029.* [ pdf ]

*see also profiles on this research in Discover ("For richer or poorer", February 2002, p. 15) and New Scientist ('Strictly for the birds: as people get richer only one kind of wildlife is better off', 17 June 2000, p. 11).

Naidoo, R., and M.J. Lechowicz. 2001. The effects of gypsy moth on radial growth of deciduous trees. Forest Science 47: 338-348. [ pdf ]

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

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: 11-18.

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.

Papers In Review / In Preparation

Naidoo, R. et al. Global mapping of ecosystem services: implications for biodiversity conservation. In review, PNAS

Carwardine, J., …, R.Naidoo, et al. Cost-effective conservation of mammal species. In review, PNAS

 

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