Nike Doggart

British environmentalist

Nike Doggart is a British environmental activist, conservationist and writer.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education and Career

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Doggart has completed her MA and MSc degrees in education. She studied at Christ Church, Oxford and at University College, London. She began her career as a marine conservationist in Belize. Her research work is mainly based in the forests of Tanzania. Her works have discovered many new species. New species include a frog from the Eastern Arc Mountains. The species is named after her as Arthroleptis nikeae.[6][7]

Doggart is an advisor to the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group.[8] She has successfully made the Tanzanian government to protect water and forestry resources. She made the government to promote environmentally sustainable forms of economic development. One of her most successful programs is the introduction of sustainable butterfly farming. It was for women living near the Amani Nature Reserve.[8][9][10]

Doggart was a presenter and advisor on the BBC's Villages on the Front Line. It was broadcasted in the year 2006.[11] She is the Editor of The Arc Journal.Preprint including front page naming editors[12]

References

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  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013-04-22). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.
  2. Angelsen, Arild; Brockhaus, Maria; Sunderlin, William D.; Verchot, Louis V. (2012-01-01). Analysing REDD+: Challenges and choices. CIFOR. ISBN 978-602-8693-80-6.
  3. "Arc Journal 18" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
  4. Mwampamba, Tuyeni Heita; Ghilardi, Adrian; Bailis, Rob (2020). Charcoal, Food, and Water Production in the Tropics: Applying Nexus Thinking to Improve Research and Policy Approaches in Complex Landscapes. Frontiers Media SA. ISBN 978-2-88963-247-3.
  5. Sunderlin, William D.; Ekaputri, Andini Desita; Sills, Erin O.; Duchelle, Amy E.; Kweka, Demetrius; Diprose, Rachael; Doggart, Nike; Ball, Steve; Lima, Rebeca; Enright, Adrian; Torres, Jorge; Hartanto, Herlina; Toniolo, Angelica (2014). The challenge of establishing REDD+ on the ground: Insights from 23 subnational initiatives in six countries. CIFOR. ISBN 978-602-15-0432-1.
  6. "Sight, sound of 'bush baby' captured". NBC News. 23 June 2006.
  7. Doggart, Nike; Perkin, Andrew; Kiure, Jacob; Fjeldsa, Jon; Poynton, John; Burgess, Neil (30 June 2006). "Changing places: how the results of new field work in the Rubeho Mountains influence conservation priorities in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania". African Journal of Ecology. 44 (2): 134–144. Bibcode:2006AfJEc..44..134D. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00572.x.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "cepf.net". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  9. "cepf.net" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
  10. "mcknight.org". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
  11. "ifad.org". Archived from the original on 2007-02-27. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
  12. "Arc Journal 19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-20.

Other websites

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