Dr. Newton is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist who studies socio-environmental systems. His research focuses on two main areas: 1) conservation and sustainable development in tropical forests and 2) sustainable agriculture and food systems. Much of his research is interdisciplinary, systems oriented, and policy-relevant. He works principally in Brazil and the US, but his research has also taken him to Indonesia, Mozambique, Uganda, and Vietnam.
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environmental governance, tropical forests, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, deforestation, rural livelihoods, community based natural resource management, climate change mitigation, land use change, environmental studies, food systems
