Journal articles
Bragança, A., Newton, P., Cohn, A., Assunção, J., Camboim, C., de Faveri, D., Farinelli, B., Perego, V.M.E., Tavares, M., Resende, J., de Medeiros, S., Searchinger, T.D. 2022. Extension services can promote pasture restoration: Evidence from Brazil’s low carbon agriculture plan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119, e2114913119.
Hajjar, R./Newton, P., Ihalainen, M., Agrawal, A., Alix-Garcia, J., Castle, S.E., Erbaugh, J.T., Gabay, M., Hughes, K., Mawutor, S., Pacheco, P., Schoneveld, G., Timko, J.A. 2021. Levers for alleviating poverty in forests. Forest Policy and Economics 132, 102589.
Miller, D.C., Mansourian, S., Gabay, M., Hajjar‑, R., Jagger, P., Kamoto, J., Newton, P., Oldekop, J., Razafindratsima, O.H., Shyamsundar, P., Sunderland, T., Wildburger, C. 2021. Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge. Forest Policy and Economics 131, 102566.
Hajjar, R., Cheek, J.Z., Jagger, P., Kamoto, J., Newton, P., Oldekop. J.A., Razafindratsima, O.H. 2021. Research frontiers on forests, trees, and poverty dynamics. Forest Policy and Economics 131, 102554.
Perosa, B., Newton, P., Carrer, M.J. 2021. Access to information affects the adoption of integrated systems by farmers in Brazil. Land Use Policy 106, 105459
Bailey, K.M., Salerno, J., Newton, P.. Bitariho, R., Namusisi, S., Tinkasimire, R., Hartter, J. 2021. Woodlot management and livelihoods in a tropical conservation landscape. Ambio DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01484-9
Newton, P., Blaustein-Rejto, D. 2021. Social and economic opportunities and challenges of plant-based and cultured meat for rural producers in the US. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.624270
Hajjar, R./Oldekop, J.A., Cronkleton, P., Newton, P., Russell, A.J.M., Zhou, W. 2020. A global analysis of the social and environmental outcomes of community forests. Nature Sustainability DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-00633-y
Newton, P., Civita, N., Frankel-Goldwater, L., Bartel, K., Johns, C. 2020. What is regenerative agriculture? A review of scholar and practitioner definitions based on processes and outcomes. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2020.577723
Newton, P., Kinzer, A.T., Miller, D.C., Oldekop, J.A., Agrawal, A. 2020. The number and spatial distribution of forest-proximate people globally. One Earth 3, 363–370.
Capellari, M., Araújo, S.M.V.G, Gomes, R., Newton, P. 2020. Governance and deforestation: understanding the role of formal rule-acknowledgement by residents in Brazilian extractive reserves. International Journal of the Commons 14, 245–261
Adamovic, E.E., Newton, P., House, V. 2020. Food insecurity on a college campus: prevalence, determinants, and solutions. Journal of American College Health.
Dancer, A., Newton, P., House, V. 2019. The difficulties of developing local food systems: perspectives of farmers and other key stakeholders in Boulder County, Colorado. Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal DOI: 10.18848/2160-1933/CGP/v09i04/1-20
Hajjar, R./Newton, P., Adshead, D., Bogaerts, M., Maguire-Rajpaul, V., McDermott, C.L., Milder, J.C., Pinto, L.F.G., Wollenberg, E., Agrawal, A. 2019. Scaling up sustainability in commodity agriculture: transferability of governance mechanisms across the coffee and cattle sectors in Brazil. Journal of Cleaner Production 206, 124-132.
Buckley, K.J., Newton, P., Gibbs, H.K., McConnel, I., Ehrmann, J. 2018. Pursuing sustainability through multi-stakeholder collaboration: a description of the governance, actions, and perceived impacts of the Roundtables for Sustainable Beef. World Development DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.07.019.
Newton, P., Benzeev, R. 2018. The role of zero-deforestation commitments in protecting and enhancing rural livelihoods. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 32: 126-133
Alves-Pinto, H.N., Hawes, J.E., Newton, P., Feltran-Barbieri, R., Peres, C.A. 2018. Economic impacts of payments for environmental services on livelihoods of agro-extractivist communities in the Brazilian Amazon. Ecological Economics 152: 378-388
Lambin, E.F., Gibbs, H., Heilmayr, R., Carlson, K.M., Fleck, L., Garrett, R., le Polain de Waroux, Y., McDermott, C., McLaughlin, D., Newton, P., Nolte, C., Pacheco, P., Rausch, L., Streck, C., Thorlakson, T., Walker, N. 2018. The role of supply‐chain initiatives in achieving zero deforestation. Nature Climate Change. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-017-0061-1
Cohn, A./Newton, P., Gil, J., Kuhl, L., Samberg, L., Ricciardi, V., Manly, J., Northrop, S. 2017. Smallholder agriculture and climate change. Annual Reviews of Environment and Resources. 42: 347-75
Bogaerts, M., Cirhigiri, L., Robinson, I., Rodkin, M., Hajjar, R., Costa Junior, C., Newton, P. 2017. Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Cleaner Production 162: 1539-1550
Gil, J., Cohn, A., Duncan, J., Newton, P., Vermeulen, S. 2017. The resilience of integrated agricultural systems to climate change. WIRES Climate Change 8. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.461
Jung, S., Rasmussen, L.V., Watkins, C., Newton, P., Agrawal, A. 2017. Brazil’s national environmental registry of rural properties: Implications for livelihoods. Ecological Economics 136: 53-61
Newton, P., Gomez, A.E.A., Jung, S., Kelly, T., Mendes, T.d.A., Rasmussen, L.V., dos Reis, J.C., Rodrigues, R.d.A.R, Tipper, R., van der Horst, D., Watkins, C. 2016. Overcoming barriers to low carbon agriculture and forest restoration in Brazil: the Rural Sustentável project. World Development Perspectives 4: 5-7
Newton, P., Miller, D., Byenkya, M.A.A., Agrawal, A. 2016. Who are forest dependent people? A taxonomy to guide livelihood and land use decision-making in forested regions. Land Use Policy 57: 388-395
Newton, P., Oldekop, J., Karna, B.K., Brodnig, G. Agrawal, A. 2016. Carbon, biodiversity, and livelihoods in forest commons: social capital, trade-offs, and lessons for REDD+. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044017
Hajjar, R., Oldekop, J., Cronkleton, P., Etue, E., Newton, P., Russel, A., Tjajadi, J., Zhou, W., Agrawal, A. 2016. The data not collected on community forestry. Conservation Biology DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12732
Newton, P., Alves-Pinto, H.N., Pinto, L.F.G. 2015. Certification, forest conservation, and cattle: theories and evidence of change in Brazil. Conservation Letters 8: 206-213
Newton, P., Schaap, B., Fournier, M., Cornwall, M., Rosenbach, D.W., DeBoer, J., Whittemore, J., Stock, R., Yoders, M., Brodnig, G., Agrawal, A. 2015. Community forest management and REDD+. Forest Policy and Economics 56: 27-37
Alves-Pinto H.N., Newton P., Pinto L.F.G. 2015. Reducing deforestation and enhancing sustainability in commodity supply chains: interactions between governance interventions and cattle certification in Brazil. Tropical Conservation Science 8: 1053-1079
Milder, J.C., Arbuthnot, M., Blackman, A., Brooks, S., Giovannucci, D., Gross, L.H., Kennedy, E.T., Komives, K., Lambin, E.F., Lee, A., Meyer, D., Newton, P., Phalan, B., Schroth, G., Semroc, B., van Rokxoort, H., Zrust, M. 2015. An agenda for assessing and improving conservation impacts of sustainability standards in tropical agriculture. Conservation Biology 29: 309-320
Winters, P., Kuo, H., Niljinda, C., Chen, B., Alves-Pinto, H.N., Ongun, M., Daryanto, S., Newton, P. 2015. Voluntary certification design choices influence producer participation, stakeholder acceptance, and environmental sustainability in commodity agriculture sectors in tropical landscapes. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 34: 581–604
Vargas, F.S., Almeida, P.D.O., Aranha, E.S.P., Boleti, A.P.A., Newton, P., Vasconcellos, M.C., Veiga-Junior, V.F., Lima, E.S. 2015. Biological activities and cytotoxicity of diterpenes from Copaifera spp. oleoresins. Molecules 20: 6194-6210
Newton, P., Agrawal, A., Wollenberg, E. 2013. Enhancing the sustainability of commodity supply chains in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes. Global Environmental Change 23: 1761-1772
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
Working papers
Bogaerts, M., Cirhigiri, L., Robinson, I., Rodkin, M., Hajjar, R., Costa Junior, C., Newton, P. 2016. Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon. CCAFS Working Paper no. 188. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pinto, L.F.G., Hajjar, R., Newton, P., Agrawal, A., Adshead, D., Bini, D., Bogaerts, M., Cirhigiri, L., Maguire-Rajpaul, V.A., González-Chaves, A., McDermott, C., Milder, J., Pinho, P., Robinson, I., Rodkin, M., Wollenberg, E. 2016. Transitioning to more sustainable, low-emissions agriculture in Brazil. CCAFS Info Note. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark. www.ccafs.cgiar.org
Newton, P., Oldekop, J., Agrawal, A., Cronkleton, P., Etue, E., Russell, A., Tjajadi, J.S., Zhou, W. 2015. What are the biophysical, institutional, and socio-economic contextual factors associated with improved livelihood and environmental outcomes in forests managed by communities? A systematic review protocol. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Working Paper No. 172.
Winters, P., Kuo, H., Niljinda, C., Chen, B., Ongun, M., Alves-Pinto, H.N., Daryanto, S., Newton, P., 2015. Designing for value: Structuring voluntary certification programs to increase stakeholder acceptance. CCAFS Working Paper No. 141. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark. www.ccafs.cgiar.org
Simonet, G. Karsenty, A., de Perthuis, C., Newton, P., Schaap, B. 2014. REDD+ projects in 2014: an overview based on a new database and typology. Les Cahiers de la Chaire Economie du Climat. Information and debates series. No. 32. Paris.
Newton, P., Fournier, M., Cornwall, M., DeBoer, J., Rosenbach, D.W., Schaap, B., Stock, R., Whittemore, J., Yoders, M., Brodnig, G., Agrawal, A. 2014. Community forest management and REDD+. World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Alves-Pinto H.N., Newton P., Pinto L.F.G. 2013. Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil. CCAFS Working Paper No. 57. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark. www.ccafs.cgiar.org
Newton, P., Agrawal, A., Wollenberg, E. 2013. Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes. CAPRi-CCAFS Working Paper 110. www.capri.cgiar.org
Book reviews
Newton, P. 2014. Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth, Tom Butler and George Wuerthner. Foundation for Deep Ecology in collaboration with Watershed Media and the Post Carbon Institute (2012).ix + 277 pp. $32.50, ISBN-13: 978-0970950086 (hardcover). Biological Conservation 172: 214
Datasets
Ostrom, E., Huntington, H., Andersson, K., Banana, A., Castallenos, E., Chhatre, A., England, J., Ghate, R., Gombya-Ssembajjwe, W., Karna, B., Leon, R., Liang., W., Marquez, L., Mereno, L., Newton, P., Persha, L., Tatomir, J., Salk, C., Tucker, C., Agrawal, A. 2016. IFRI dataset, Online version. 1st edition. Available at: http://ifri.snre.umich.edu/ifri_db/
Educational materials
Newton, P. 2017. Using Experiential Learning to Enhance Student Engagement. In: Making Teaching and Learning Visible: Course Portfolios. Faculty Teaching Excellence Program. University of Colorado Boulder. Available at: http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/2017/06/26/using-experiential-learning-enhance-student-engagement
Newton, P., Cohn, A.S. 2015. Multi-‘steak’holder sustainability: reduced deforestation and the cattle agreement in Brazil. A case-study for teaching. Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, Maryland. Available at: https://www.sesync.org/for-you/educator/case-study-collection.
Other publications
Duckworth, J.W., Anak Pattanavibool, Newton, P., Nguyen Van Nhuan. 2008. Manis javanica. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.
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.