EDUCATION
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Email: newtonp@umich.edu
; Tel: +1 734 709 3734
2007 – 2011 Ph.D.,
Thesis : ‘Opportunities for conservation and livelihoods in Amazonian extractive reserves’
Funders : Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); DEFRA Darwin Initiative (UK)
Supervisors : Prof Carlos Peres and Prof Andrew Watkinson
2006 – 2007 M.Sc., Distinction, Applied Ecology and Conservation,
Thesis: ‘Pangolins in peril: using hunters’ knowledge to conserve an elusive species in Vietnam’
Funder : Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
2000 – 2003 B.A. Hons., 2.1, Zoology,
Theses : ‘Arthropod biodiversity in epiphytic ferns in Malaysian tropical forests’ and ‘Migration patterns of
European Storm Petrels ( Hydrobates pelagicus )’
EMPLOYMENT
2012 – present Postdoctoral Research Fellow , University of Michigan, USA
2011
CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) research network
Environmental Educator: tropical forests specialist , schools across the UK
2007 – 2011 Teaching Assistant , University of East Anglia, UK
2005 – 2006 Manager , Wilderness Safaris, Botswana
2003 – 2005 Head Guide & Assistant Manager , Uncharted Africa Safari Company, Botswana
PUBLICATIONS
Newton, P.
, Endo. W., Peres, C.A. 2012. Determinants of livelihood strategy variation in two extractive reserves in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forest.
Environmental Conservation 39: 97-110
Newton, P.
, Nichols, E.S., Endo, W., Peres, C.A. 2012. Consequences of actor level livelihood heterogeneity for additionality in a tropical forest payment for environmental services programme with an undifferentiated reward structure. Global Environmental Change 22: 127-136
Newton, P.
, Peres, C.A., Desmoulière, S.J.M., Watkinson, A.R. 2012. Cross-scale variation in the density and spatial distribution of an Amazonian non-timber forest resource. Forest Ecology and Management 276: 41-51
Newton, P.
, Watkinson, A.R., Peres, C.A. 2012. Spatial, temporal and economic constraints to the commercial extraction of a non-timber forest product: copaíba ( Copaifera spp.) oleoresin in Amazonian extractive reserves. Economic Botany 66: 165-177

Newton, P.
, Watkinson, A.R., Peres, C.A. 2011. Determinants of yield in a non-timber forest product:
Copaifera oleoresin in Amazonian extractive reserves. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 255-264
Newton, P.
, Nguyen V.T., Roberton, S., Bell, D. 2008. Pangolins in peril: using hunters’ knowledge to conserve elusive species in Vietnam. Endangered Species Research 6: 41-53
Duckworth, J.W., Anak Pattanavibool, Newton, P ., Nguyen Van Nhuan. 2008. Manis javanica . In: IUCN
2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010. www.iucnredlist.org
Duckworth, J.W., Steinmitz, R., Anak Pattanavibool, Than Zaw, Do Tuoc, Newton, P . 2008. Manis pentadactyla . In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010. www.iucnredlist.org
Nguyen, V. T., Newton, P.
, Roberton, S., Bell, D, Clark, V. L. 2008. Tapping into local knowledge to help conserve pangolins in Vietnam. Proceedings of the workshop on trade and conservation of pangolins native to South and
Southeast Asia : 163
GRANTS & AWARDS
2012 – 2013 National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), ‘Forest social ecological systems for actionable science’ (~US $95,000, in-kind support for three meetings for a
Venture proposal. Co-PI).
2012 – 2013 CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
(CCAFS) , ‘Livelihoods, carbon, and the governance of the forest-agriculture frontier’ (US
$145,000. Co-PI).
2012 – 2013 World Bank Social Development department , ‘Community forest management and
REDD+’ (US $97,000. PI).
2007 – 2011 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Ph.D. studentship (~£58,500).
2007 Michael Graham prize
(£100).
for highest standing in M.Sc. Applied Ecology and Conservation
2006 – 2007 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) M.Sc. studentship (~£15,500).
PRESENTATIONS
Contributed talks
2012 CAPRi & CCAFS workshop: Institutions for Inclusive Climate-Smart Agriculture, Nairobi (Kenya)
2012 6 th annual conference on Community Based Adaptation, Hanoi (Vietnam)
2011 International Congress for Conservation Biology, Auckland (New Zealand)
2010 Student Conference for Conservation Science, Cambridge (UK)
2010 10 th annual conference of the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Norwich (UK)
Invited talks
2012 Latin America and Caribbean Environment Group, Ann Arbor (USA)
2011 School of Natural Resources and Environment ( job talk ), Ann Arbor (USA)
2011 Cambridge University Zoology Department, Cambridge (UK)

2011 British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford (UK)
2011 Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Norwich (UK)
2009 3 rd Projeto Médio Juruá workshop ( in Portuguese ), Bauana (Brazil)
2009 4 th ProBUC workshop ( in Portuguese ), Bauana (Brazil)
2008 Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Norwich (UK)
Posters
2010 Student Conference for Conservation Science, New York (USA)
SKILLS
Software
Languages
REVIEWS
R, ArcGIS 10.0, SigmaPlot, SPSS 19.0, Microsoft Office 2010, WordPress
Proficient Brazilian Portuguese; basic understanding of French, German & Spanish
Conservation Letters; Ecology and Society; Annals of Forest Science; Journal of Latin American Geography;
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners; Critical
Ecosystem Partnership Fund
SUPERVISION
2012 M.Sc. project team (Joel Deboer, Derrick Rosenbach, Jessica Whittemore) – “Community Forest
Management and REDD+ in Nepal” (co-supervisor)
2012 Research Associate (Nancy Gephart) – “Community Forest Management and REDD+”
2012 Research Associate (Dharashree Panda) – “Modelling the impacts of interventions on beef production in Brazilian Amazonia using STELLA”
EXAMINATION
2012 External Ph.D. examiner for S.D. Hathurusingha , University of Central Queensland
2011 Internal M.Sc. examiner for three students, University of East Anglia
BOARDS
2012 – present CCAFS representative at The Forests Dialogue’ s ‘Food, Fuel, Fiber and Forests (4Fs)’
2012 – present Partner representative for IFRI at the Rights and Resources Initiative partner meetings
2012 – present IUCN-SSC Pangolin Specialist Group member
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2011 – present Member, Society for Economic Botany
2010 – present Member, Society for Conservation Biology

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
2010 10 th conference of the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Norwich (UK)
2008 – 2009 1 st and 3 rd Projeto Médio Juruá workshops, Bauana (Brazil)
FIELD EXPERIENCE
2007 – 2010 Médio Juruá region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil (14 months)
2007 Cuc Phuong, Khe Net, and Song Thanh National Parks, Vietnam (3 months)
2003 – 2006 Makgadikgadi Pans and Linyanti wildlife reserve, Botswana (3 years)
2003 Kibale National Park, Uganda (2 months)
2001 – 2002 Sebangau forest, near Palangkaraya, Kalimantan, Indonesia (4 months)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2012 DISCCRS VII postdoctoral symposium, La Foret, Colorado (USA)
2009 Generalized Linear Models using R, Lancaster University (UK)
2009 Advances in population ecology, Imperial College (UK)
2007 Workshop on pangolin ecology and conservation, Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
2003 Tropical Biology Association field course, Kibale National Park (Uganda)
MEDIA & OUTREACH
2012 Food Climate Research Network, published interview
2012 NERC Planet Earth magazine: ‘Can money grow on trees?’ ( authored )
2012 Cover images of Economic Botany June 2012 issue
2011 Public talk to the Religious Society of Friends, Chesterfield (UK)
2008 NERC Planet Earth magazine: ‘Hunters' knowledge could save imperiled pangolins’ ( interview )
REFERENCES
Prof. Arun Agrawal , IFRI Coordinator, email: arunagra@umich.edu
, tel: +1 734 647 5948
Dr Lini Wollenberg , CCAFS Mitigation Theme Leader, email: ewollenb@uvm.edu
, tel: +1 802 656 9891
Prof. Carlos Peres , Ph.D. Supervisor, email: c.peres@uea.ac.uk
, tel: +44 1603 592549
Prof. Andrew Watkinson , Ph.D. Supervisor, email: andrew.watkinson@lwec.org.uk
, tel: +44 1603 592267