Nike Doggart

Nike Doggart is a conservationist,[1] environmental activist, and writer.[2]

Doggart has an MA and a MSc, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and at University College, London. She began her career as a marine conservationist in Belize. Her research work in the forests of Tanzania has yielded the discovery of various new species, including a frog from the Eastern Arc Mountains which is named after her, Arthroleptis nikeae.[3][4]

Doggart is an advisor to the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group.[5] She has successfully lobbied the Tanzanian government to conserve water and forestry resources, and to promote environmentally sustainable forms of economic development. One of the most innovative and successful programs that she has promoted is the introduction of sustainable butterfly farming for women living adjacent to the Amani Nature Reserve.[5][6][7]

Doggart was a presenter and advisor on the BBC's Villages on the Front Line, broadcast in 2006.[8] She is the Editor of The Arc Journal.[9][10] She has two children, Amani and Olivia.

  • Arthroleptis nikeae
    Arthroleptis nikeae
  • Doggart observing chimpanzee in Mahale, Tanzania
    Doggart observing chimpanzee in Mahale, Tanzania

References
  1. conservation.org
  2. "Arc Journal 18" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
  3. "Sight, sound of 'bush baby' captured". NBC News.
  4. 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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00572.x.
  5. "cepf.net". Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
  6. "cepf.net" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
  7. "mcknight.org". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
  8. "ifad.org". Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
  9. Preprint including front page naming editors
  10. "Arc Journal 19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
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