Publications

  • Pritchard R, Sauls LA,  Oldekop JA, Kiwango W, Brockington D. (2022) Data justice and biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology (in press).
  • Palfrey R*, Oldekop JA, Holmes G. (2022) Private protected areas increase global protected area and connectivity. Nature Ecology and Evolution (in press). *PhD student 
  • Oldekop JA, et al. (2021) A framework for analysing contextual factors shaping forest-poverty dynamics. Forest Policy and Economics, 132: 102591.
  • Miller DC,…Oldekop JA, et al. (2021) Forests, trees and poverty alleviation: Policy implications of current knowledge. Forest Policy and Economics, 131: 102566.
  • Hajjar R,…Oldekop JA, et al. (2021) Research frontiers on forests, trees, and poverty dynamics. Forest Policy and Economics, 131: 102554.
  • Loveridge R,…Oldekop JA, et al. (2021) Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas. Conservation Letters, e12831.
  • Palfrey R*, Oldekop JA, Holmes G (2021) Conservation and social outcomes of private protected areas. Conservation Biology, 35: 216-224. *PhD student
  • Hajjar R*, Oldekop JA*, Cronkleton P, Newton P, Russell AJM, Zhou W (2021) A global analysis of the social and environmental outcomes of community forests. Nature Sustainability, 4: 216-224. *Joint lead authors. [read the related news and views commentary in Nature Sustainability here, and a feature article in SciDev.net]
  • Oldekop JA, Vang Rasmussen L, et al. [24 authors] (2020) Forest livelihoods in a globalized world. Nature Plants, 6: 1400-1407. [read the accompanying Opinion Piece published by Thomson Reuters Foundation]
  • Reed J. Oldekop JA, Barlow J, Carmenta R, Geldmann J, Ickowitz A, Narulita S, Rahman SA, van Vianen J, Yanou M, Sunderland T (2020) The extent and distribution of joint conservation-development funding in the tropics. One Earth, 3: 753-762.
  • Miller DC, Mansourian S, Wildburger C (Eds) (2020) Forest, trees, and the eradication of poverty: Potential and limitations. IUFRO World Series Vol. 39: Vienna
    • Gabay M, Oldekop JA [Coordinating Lead Authors] et al. “Chapter 4: Contextual factors shaping forest-poverty dynamics“
    • Shyamsundar P [Coordinating Lead Author],…Oldekop JA [Lead Author],… et al. “Chapter 6: Global forces of change: Implications for alleviating poverty”
    • Miller DC [Coordinating Lead Author],…Oldekop JA [Lead Author],… et al. “Chapter 7: Conclusion: Forests, trees, and the eradication of poverty“

[covered by multiple media outlets with feature in Le Monde and Reuters]

  • Newton P, Kinzer AT, Miller DC, Oldekop JA, Agrawal A (2020) The number and spatial distribution of forest-proximate people. One Earth, 3: 363-370. [covered by multiple media outlets – including a feature article in El País]
  • Erbaugh JT, Pradhan N, Adams J, Oldekop JA, Agrawal A, Brockington D, Pritchard R, Chhatre A (2020) Global forest restoration and the importance of prioritizing local communities. Nature Ecology and Evolution (in press). [covered by multiple media outlets – including The Times of India]
  • Dyngeland C*, Oldekop JA, Evans KL (2020) Assessing multidimensional sustainability: Lessons from Brazil’s social protection programs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA,117: 20511-20519. *PhD Student
  • Oldekop JA, et al. [46 authors] (2020) COVID-19 and the case for Global Development. World Development, 134: 105044.
  • Fontana LB, Oldekop JA (2020) The sustainable development goals: The bumpy road ahead (Introduction to Special Issue). World Development, 127: 104770.
  • Schleicher J, Eklund J, Barnes M, Geldmann J, Oldekop JA, Jones JPG (2020) Statistical Matching for Conservation Science. Conservation Biology, 34: 538-549.
  • Oldekop JA, Sims KRE, Karna BK, Whittingham MJ, Agrawal A (2019) Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal. Nature Sustainability, 2: 421-428. [covered by multiple media outlets – including Reuters]
  • Giller KE, Drupady IM, Fontana LB, Oldekop JA (2019) The SDGs–aspirations or inspirations for global sustainability (Introduction to Special Issue). Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 34: A1-A2.
  • Brockington D, Adams WM, Agarwal B, Agrawal A, Büscher B, Chhatre A, Duffy R, Fletcher R, Oldekop JA (2018). Working governance for working land. Science, 362: 1257.
  • Oldekop JA, Sims KRE, Whittingham MJ, Agrawal A (2018) An upside of globalisation: International outmigration drives reforestation in Nepal. Global Environmental Change, 52: 66-74. [covered by SciDev.net, and Yale360]
  • den Braber B*, Evans KL, Oldekop JA (2018) Impact of protected areas on poverty, extreme poverty and inequality in Nepal. Conservation Letters, e12576. *PhD Student
  • Erbaugh JT, Oldekop JA (2018) Forest landscape restoration for livelihoods and wellbeing. Current Opinions in Environmental Sustainability, 32: 76-83.
  • Hajjar R, Oldekop JA (2018) Research frontiers in community forest management. Current Opinions in Environmental Sustainability, 32: 119-125.  
  • Vang Rasmussen L, Bierbaum R, Oldekop JA, Agrawal A (2017) Bridging the practitioner-researcher divide: Indicators to track environmental, economic, and sociocultural sustainability of agricultural commodity production. Global Environmental Change, 42: 33-46.
  • Hajjar R*, Oldekop JA*, Agrawal A, Cronkleton P, Etue E, Newton P, Russel AJM, Tjajadi JS, Zhou W (2016) The data not collected on community forestry. Conservation Biology, 30: 1357-1362 . *Joint lead authors
  • Newton P, Oldekop JA, Brodnig G, Karna B, Agrawal A (2016) Carbon, biodiversity, and livelihoods in forest commons: synergies, trade-offs, and implications for REDD+. Environmental Research Letters, 11: 044017.
  • Oldekop JA, et al. [44 authors] (2016) 100 key research questions for the post-2015 development agenda. Development Policy Review, 34: 55-82. [covered by SciDev.net]
  • Oldekop JA, Holmes G, Harris WE, Evans KL (2016) A global assessment of the social and conservation outcomes of protected areas. Conservation Biology, 30(1): 133-141. [within the journal’s top 5 most downloaded papers of 2016]
  • Oldekop JA, Chappell MJ, Borges Peixoto FE, Paglia, Schmoeller M, Evans KL (2015) Linking Brazil’s food security policies to agricultural change. Food Security, 7: 779-793.
  • Pfeifer M …, Oldekop JA, et al. (2014). BIOFRAG – A new database for analysing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation. Ecology and Evolution, 4: 1-14.
  • Oldekop JA, Bebbington AJ, Hennermann K, McMorrow J, Springate DA, Torres B, Truelove NK, Tysklind N, Villamarín S, Preziosi RF (2013) Evaluating the effects of common-pool resource institutions and market forces on species richness and forest cover in indigenous Kichwa communities. Conservation Letters, 6: 107-115.
  • Oldekop JA, Bebbington AJ, Truelove NK, Tysklind N, Villamarín S, Preziosi RF (2012) Co-abundance patterns of common and rare leaf-litter frogs, epiphytic ferns and dung beetles across a gradient of human disturbance. PLoS One, 7: e38922.
  • Oldekop JA, Truelove NK, Villamarín S, Preziosi RF (2012) Information flows in community-based monitoring exercises in the Ecuadorian Amazon. International Journal of Zoology, Article ID 980520.
  • Oldekop JA, Bebbington AJ, Holmes, G, Truelove NK, Villamarín S., Preziosi RF (2012) Environmental impacts and scarcity perception influence local institutions in indigenous Amazonian Kichwa communities. Human Ecology, 40: 101-115.
  • Oldekop JA, Bebbington AJ, Berdel F, Truelove NK, Wiersberg T, Preziosi RF (2011) Testing the accuracy of non-experts in biodiversity monitoring exercises. Biodiversity and Conservation, 20: 2615-2626.
  • Oldekop JA, Bebbington AJ, Brockington D, Preziosi RF (2010) Understanding the lessons and limitations of Conservation and Development. Conservation Biology, 24: 461-469.