Josh Goldstein
Senior Scientist for Strategy Development
Fort Collins, Colorado
Josh Goldstein Josh Goldstein is a Senior Scientist for Strategy Development in the Chief Conservation Office. © Josh Goldstein.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Conservation finance, conservation planning, ecosystem services, integrated solutions
Biography
Josh Goldstein is a Senior Scientist for Strategy Development in the Chief Conservation Office. In this role, he develops frameworks, methods and tools to support conservation teams in developing and adaptively managing impactful and equitable strategies for nature and people.
For more than 20 years, Josh has worked on projects around the world to mainstream incorporation of nature’s benefits to people in policy, planning and business contexts. From 2017 to 2022, Josh served as the director of the Bridge Collaborative, a global partnership building evidence, methods and leadership to develop solutions across the environmental, health and development communities. His research has encompassed topics including developing and applying new approaches for ecosystem services mapping and valuation, designing payments for ecosystem services and quantifying conservation return-on-investment.
Prior to joining TNC, Josh was an assistant professor of ecological economics in the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. He received his Ph.D. in environment and resources from Stanford University in 2007.
- The Transformation of Gabon: Can Nature Make Economic Development Work Better for People?, Cool Green Science
- The Power of a Healthy Watershed for Energy Security in Gabon, Cool Green Science
Visit Josh's Google Scholar Profile for a full list of publications.
2018
Mattsson, B.J., Dubovsky, J.A., Thogmartin, W.E., Bagstad, K.J., Goldstein, J.H., Loomis, J.B., Diffendorfer, J.E., Semmens, D.J., Wiederholt, R. & López-Hoffman, L. (2018). Recreation economics to inform migratory species conservation: Case study of the northern pintail. Journal of Environmental Management, 206, 971–979.
Semmens, D.J., Diffendorfer, J.E., Bagstad, K.J., Wiederholt, R., Oberhauser, K., Ries, L., Semmens, B.X., Goldstein, J., Loomis, J., Thogmartin, W.E., Mattsson, B.J. & López-Hoffman, L. (2018). Quantifying ecosystem service flows at multiple scales across the range of a long-distance migratory species. Ecosystem Services. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.12.002
2017
Goldstein, J.H., Tallis, H., Cole, A., Schill, S., Martin, E., Heiner, M., Paiz, M.-C., Aldous, A., Apse, C. & Nickel, B. (2017). Spatial planning for a green economy: National-level hydrologic ecosystem services priority areas for Gabon. PLOS ONE, 12, e0179008.
Horton, K., Knight, H., Galvin, K.A., Goldstein, J.H. & Herrington, J. (2017). An evaluation of landowners’ conservation easements on their livelihoods and well-being. Biological Conservation, 209, 62–67.
Vogl, A.L., Goldstein, J.H., Daily, G.C., Vira, B., Bremer, L., McDonald, R.I., Shemie, D., Tellman, B. & Cassin, J. (2017). Mainstreaming investments in watershed services to enhance water security: Barriers and opportunities. Environmental Science & Policy, 75, 19–27.
2016
Bremer, L., Auerbach, D.A., Goldstein, J.H., Vogl, A.L., Shemie, D., Kroeger, T., Nelson, J.L., Benítez, S.P., Calvache, A., Guimarães, J., Herron, C., Higgins, J., Klemz, C., León, J., Lozano, J.S., Moreno, P.H., Nuñez, F., Veiga, F., and Tiepolo, G. (2016) One size does not fit all: natural infrastructure investments within the Latin American Water Funds Partnership. Ecosystem Services 17: 217-236.
Harrison-Atlas, D., Theobald, D.M. & Goldstein, J.H. (2016). A systematic review of approaches to quantify hydrologic ecosystem services to inform decision-making. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 12, 160–171.
Tallis, H., Kennedy, C.M., Ruckelshaus, M., Goldstein, J. & Kiesecker, J.M. (2016). Mitigation for the people: an ecosystem services framework. In: Handbook on biodiversity and ecosystem services in impact assessment (ed. Geneletti, D.). Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 397–427.
2015
Huber-Stearns, H., Goldstein, J.H., Cheng, A.S., and Toombs, T.P. (2015). Institutional analysis of payments for watershed services in the western United States. Ecosystem Services, 16, 83-93.
Tallis, H.T., Kennedy, C.M., Ruckelshaus, M., Goldstein, J.H., and Kiesecker, J.M. (2015). Mitigation for one & all: An integrated framework for mitigation and development impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 55, 21-34.
2014
Duke, E.A., Goldstein, J.H., Teel, T.L., Finchum, R., Huber-Stearns, H., Pitty, J., Rodrigues, G.B., Rodriguez, S., Sanchez, L.O. (2014). Payments for ecosystem services and landowner interest: Informing program design trade-offs in Western Panama. Ecosystem Services,103, 44-55.
López-Hoffman, L., Wiederholt, R., Sansone, C., Bagstad, K., Cryan, P., Diffendorfer, J.E., Goldstein, J., LaSharr, K., Loomis, J., McCracken, G., Medellin, R., Russell, A., and Semmens, D. (2014). Market forces and technological substitutes cause fluctuations in the value of bat pest-control services for cotton. PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087912
2013
Diffendorfer, J.E., Loomis, J.G., Ries, L., Oberhauser, K., López-Hoffman, L., Semmens, D., Semmens, B., Butterfield, B., Bagstad, K., Goldstein, J., Wiederholt, R., Mattson, B., and Thogmartin, W.E. (2013). National valuation of monarch butterflies indicates an untapped potential for incentive-based conservation. Conservation Letters, doi: 10.1111/conl.12065
Huber-Stearns, H., Goldstein, J.H., and Duke, E.A. (2013). Intermediary roles and payments for ecosystem services: A typology and program feasibility application in Panama. Ecosystem Services, 6, 104-116.
Gutwein, M. and Goldstein, J.H. (2013). Integrating conservation and financial objectives on private rangelands in northern Colorado: Rancher and practitioner perspectives. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 66, 330-338.
2012
Goldstein, J.H., Caldarone, G., Duarte, T.K,. Ennaanay, D., Hannahs, N., Mendoza, G., Polasky, S., Wolny, S., and Daily, G.C. (2012). Integrating ecosystem services into land-use planning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 7565-7570.
Chan, K.M.A., Satterfield, T., and Goldstein, J.H. (2012). Rethinking ecosystem services to better address and navigate cultural values. Ecological Economics, 74, 8-18.
2011
Goldstein, J.H., Presnall, C.K., Lopez-Hoffman, L., Nabhan, G.P., Knight, R.L., Ruyle, G.B., and Toombs, T.P. (2011). Beef and beyond: Paying for ecosystem services on Western US rangelands. Rangelands, 33, 4-12.
Toombs, T.P., Goldstein, J.H., Maness, N., Fankhauser, T.R., and Hanson, C. (2011). Rangeland ecosystem services, risk management, and the ranch bottom line. Rangelands, 33, 13-19.
2009
Daily, G.C., Polasky, S., Goldstein, J.H., Kareiva, P.M., Mooney, H.A., Pejchar, L., Ricketts, T.H., Salzman, J., and Shallenberger, R. (2009). Ecosystem services in decision-making: time to deliver. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 7, 21-28.
Nelson, E., Mendoza, G., Regetz, J., Polasky, S., Tallis, H., Cameron, D.R., Chan, K.M.A., Daily, G., Goldstein, J., Kareiva, P., Lonsdorf, E., Naidoo, R., Ricketts, T.H., and Shaw, M.R. (2009). Modeling multiple ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, commodity production, and tradeoffs at landscape scales. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 1, 4-11.
2008
Goldstein, J.H., Pejchar, L., and Daily, G.C. (2008). Using return-on-investment to guide restoration: a case study from Hawaii. Conservation Letters, 1, 236-243.
Fischer, J., Brosi, B., Daily, G.C., Ehrlich, P.R., Goldman, R., Goldstein, J.H., Manning, A.D., Mooney, H.A., Pejchar, L., Ranganathan, J., and Tallis, H. (2008). Should agricultural policies encourage land-sparing or wildlife-friendly farming? Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 6, 380-385.
2006
Goldstein, J.H., Daily, G.C., Friday, J.B., Matson, P.A., Naylor, R.L., and Vitousek, P. (2006). Business strategies for conservation on private lands: koa forestry as a case study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103, 10140-10145.