Lisa Naughton
· Professor, Environmental Studies; Chair, Environmental Professional ProgramsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison · Environment and Resources
Active 1999–2020
About
Lisa Naughton is a professor affiliated with the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also the Co-Founder of the Online Master's in Cartography & GIS program. Her research areas include biodiversity conservation in developing countries, social conflict and land use around protected areas, land tenure and property rights, attitudes toward wildlife, and wildlife conservation in human-dominated landscapes, with a focus on Tropical Africa and South America. Her current research involves participatory zoning in Tambopata, Peru, land cover outcomes, land tenure impacts in tropical forest regions, people-wildlife interactions around protected areas in East Africa, and attitudes toward wolves and wolf recovery in Wisconsin. Dr. Naughton has a strong background in environmental conservation, land governance, and human-wildlife conflict, and has contributed extensively to the understanding of conservation policies, land tenure issues, and community-based resource management.
Research topics
- Political Science
- Environmental resource management
- Psychology
- Economics
- Environmental planning
- Ecology
- Economic growth
- Business
- Public economics
- Geography
Selected publications
Influence of land tenure interventions on human well-being and environmental outcomes
Nature Sustainability · 2020 · 131 citations
- Political Science
- Environmental resource management
- Business
Frequent coauthors
- 2 shared
William D. Sunderlin
Center for International Forestry Research
- 2 shared
Patrick I. Chiyo
Kenya Wildlife Service
- 2 shared
Adrian Treves
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 2 shared
Ariel BenYishay
William & Mary
- 2 shared
Laurence G. Frank
University of Duisburg-Essen
- 1 shared
Marc F. Bellemare
- 1 shared
Jolyne Sanjak
Tetra Tech (United States)
- 1 shared
S. Suyanto
Universitas Dr. Soetomo
Awards & honors
- Fulbright-IIE, Universidad Austral de Chile & Universidad de…
- USAID. Promoting Transformation by Linking Natural Resources…
- Picard Chair of Geography, 2008-09
- Vilas Faculty Associate Research Award, 2006-07
- Fulbright-Hays Research Fellowship. Reforming Environmental…
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