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Dr Nike Doggart

  • Position: Research Fellow
  • Areas of expertise: tropical forests; charcoal; deforestation drivers; forest regeneration; forest-climate interactions; swidden agriculture; rural livelihoods; Eastern Arc Mountains; Tanzania
  • Email: N.Doggart@leeds.ac.uk
  • Website: ORCID

Profile

I am an interdisciplinary scientist investigating drivers of tropical deforestation and forest regeneration, in Tanzania.
Before joining the University of Leeds, I worked with the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group on conservation, development, advocacy and environmental education projects in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests.  
I value an interdisciplinary approach and am interested in linking research, practice and policy in the field of tropical forest conservation and management. 
 

Research interests

My research interests include:
-    Drivers of tropical deforestation and natural forest regeneration
-    Swidden agriculture
-    Sustainable charcoal
-    Climate – tropical forest linkages
-    Academic – practitioner – policy-maker linkages in tropical forest conservation 
-    National and international policies relevant to tropical forests including REDD+
 

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Leeds
  • MSc Conservation, University College London
  • MA (Hons) Geography University of Oxford

Professional memberships

  • Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Sustainability Research Institute