I am a lecturer in Conservation Science, with a background in environmental science, international development and wildlife conservation.

My research focuses on applying theories and methods from the ecological and social sciences to understand human–nature interactions in conservation contexts. A core strand of this research relates to the social and ecological drivers of the conservation conflicts, particularly those arising from differences in how people value nature, approach its conservation, or manage its impacts on human interests. My research has explored the complex relationships between protected areas, wildlife, and people's livelihoods, as well as potential routes to resolutions. 

I am particularly interested in equity in conservation, and working to highlight the importance of ethical and culturally appropriate social science research, and examining the roles of legitimacy, justice and fairness in conservation governance and decision-making.

I am course director for the Environmental Conservation BSc here at Bangor, with teaching responsibilities across a number of undergraduate and masters courses.

Email: l.dorward@bangor.ac.uk

Twitter: @Leejiah_D

• Arall: PGCert Managing Rural Development
  SOAS, University of London, 2011–2012
• DPhil: Improving our understanding of the socio-ecological complexity of human-carnivore interactions
  Oxford University, 2014–2018
• MSc: Conservation Science
  Grand Challenges in Ecosystem and the Environment Initiative, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK alexander.papadopulos@plants.ox.ac.uk., 2012–2013
• BSc: Environmental Science
  University of East Anglia, 2007–2010

Postgraduate Supervision

Agung Utomo: From Conflict To Coexistence - How Can New Biodiversity Finance Approaches Promote Elephants And Humans Living In Harmony? Funded by the Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS)

Beccy Ives: Understanding Conservation Conflicts Associated with Species Re-introductions in the UK. Funded by the Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS)

Miranda Lam: Shifting the problem: understanding the mechanisms and consequences of leakage in forest carbon projects. Funded by the Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS)

Badou Nicola Kouaté (MRes): Human-Carnivore coexistence in a shared landscape: Human tolerance and large carnivore behavioural responses in central Botswana. Graduated 2026

Teaching

Course Director

Environmental Conservation BSc

Module Organiser

ENS2207: Tropical Conservation Field Course

ENS2150: Conservation Field Skills in a Rewilded Landscape

ENS4406: Methods in Wildlife Conservation

2025

• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuUnderstanding Local Peoples’ Deforestation Decisions in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia
  Prayitno, K., Saputra, A. W., Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Trywidiarini, T., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Supriatna, J. & St. John, F. A. V., 26 Mai 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Society and Natural Resources. 21 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuUsing lessons from criminal justice research to improve conservation law enforcement research and practice
  St. John, F. A. V., Dorward, L., Ibbett, H. & Feilzer, M., 3 Gorff 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Conservation Biology. 40, 1
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuWild Meat Consumption in Changing Rural Landscapes of Indonesian Borneo
  Spencer, K., Ingram, D. J., Namrata, A., Ardiantiono, A., Cheyne, S., Dorward, L., Abdul, K., Lo, M., Morgans, C. L., Supriatna, J., Winarni, N., St. John, F. A. V. & Struebig, M., 9 Awst 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: People and Nature.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2024

• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuCross-cultural applications of the New Ecological Paradigm in protected area contexts
  Dorward, L., Ibbett, H., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Kohi, E. M., Prayitno, K., Sankeni, S., Kaduma, J. F., Mawenya, R., Mchomvu, J., Sabiladiyni, H., Saputra, A. W., Supriatna, J., Trywidiarini, T. & St. John, F. A. V., 18 Medi 2024, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Environment and Behavior. 56, 1-2, t. 120-151 32 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydImproving compliance around protected areas through fair administration of rules
  Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Jones, J. P. G., Kohi, E. M., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Sankeni, S., Prayitno, K., Mchomvu, J., Kaduma, J. F., Saputra, A. W., Agustin, I. Y., Trywidiarini, T., Mawenya, R., Supriatna, J. & St. John, F. A. V., 17 Gorff 2024, Yn: Conservation Biology. 39, 1
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydProtected areas and people: Understanding the links between well-being and rule breaking around the Leuser Ecosystem
  Ibbett, H., Dorward, L. & St. John, F. A. V., 20 Chwef 2024
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall
• CyhoeddwydThe bird tear-drinking moths of the genus Hemiceratoides (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
  Zili, A., Barbut, J., Dorward, L. & Lees, D., 14 Mai 2024, Yn: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydUnderstanding the links between well-being and rule breaking around protected areas
  Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Kohi, E. M. & St. John, F. A. V., 1 Chwef 2024
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall

2023

• CyhoeddwydA mixed methods approach for measuring topic sensitivity in conservation
  Ibbett, H., Jones, J. P. G., Dorward, L., Kohi, E. M., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Prayitno, K., Sankeni, S., Kaduma, J., Mchomvu, J., Saputra, A. W., Sabiladiyni, H., Supriatna, J. & St John, F. A. V., 1 Awst 2023, Yn: People and Nature. 5, 4, t. 1245-1261 17 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydProtected areas and people: Understanding the links between well-being and rule breaking around the Ruaha-Rungwa landscape
  Ibbett, H., Dorward, L. & St. John, F. A. V., 30 Tach 2023
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn
• CyhoeddwydTopic sensitivity still affects honest responding, even when specialized questioning techniques are used
  Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Jones, J. P. G., Kohi, E. M., Sankeni, S., Kaduma, J., Mchomvu, J., Mawenya, R. & St. John, F. A. V., Meh 2023, Yn: Conservation Science and Practice. 5, 6, e12927.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

• CyhoeddwydExperimental Validation of Specialised Questioning Techniques in Conservation
  Ibbett, H., Dorward, L., Dwiyahreni, A. A., Jones, J. P. G., Kaduma, J., Kohi, E. M., Mchomvu, J., Prayitno, K., Sabiladiyni, H., Sankeni, S., Saputra, A. W., Supriatna, J. & St John, F. A. V., Hyd 2022, Yn: Conservation Biology.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydLike a bat out of hell: Bats roosting in pit-latrine cesspits
  Dorward, L., Stein, A. & Searle, C., Maw 2022, Yn: African Journal of Ecology. 60, 1, t. 91-94 4 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

• CyhoeddwydEthical considerations when conservation research involves people
  Brittain, S., Ibbett, H., de Lange, E., Dorward, L., Hoyte, S., Marino, A., Milner-Gulland, E., Newth, J., Rakotonarivo, S., Verissimo, D. & Lewis, J., 31 Awst 2020, Yn: Conservation Biology. 34, 4, t. 925-933
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2017

• CyhoeddwydPokémon Go: Benefits, Costs, and Lessons for the Conservation Movement
  Dorward, L., Mittermeier, J., Sandbrook, C. & Spooner, F., Chwef 2017, Yn: Conservation Letters. 10, 1, t. 160-165
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

• CyhoeddwydCarnivory in the common hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius: implications for the ecology and epidemiology of anthrax in African landscapes
  Dudley, J. P., Hang’Omb, B. M., Leendertz, F. H., Dorward, L., Castro, J., Subalusky, A. L. & Clauss, M., Meh 2016, Yn: Mammal Review. 46, 3, t. 191-203
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2015

• CyhoeddwydNew record of cannibalism in the common hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Dorward, L., 2015, Yn: African Journal of Ecology. 53, 3, t. 385-387
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2014

• CyhoeddwydPossible scavenging behaviour in Ornate Hawk-eagle Spizaetus ornatus; Amazonas, Brazil
  Jones, S. E. I. & Dorward, L., Maw 2014, Yn: Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 22, 1, t. 27-31
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2012

• CyhoeddwydEstimating the population density of the Asian Tapir Tapirus indicus from a selectively logged forest in Peninsular Malaysia
  Rayan, D. M., Mohamad, S. W., Dorward, L., S.A., A., Clements, R. B., Wong, C., Traeholt, C. & Magintan, D., Rhag 2012, Yn: Integrative Zoology. 7, 4, t. 373-380
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydWhere are the best opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food system (including the food chain)? A comment
  Dorward, L., 2012, Yn: Food Policy. 37, 4, t. 463-466
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2025

• Welsh Government Biodiversity Action Targets Action Plan

  Membership of advisory panel feeding into Welsh Governments efforts to meet commitments to Global Biodiversity Framework targets.

  2 Rhag 2025 – 2 Rhag 2028

  Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu academaidd allanol - Cyfraniad at waith pwyllgorau a gweithgorau cenedlaethol neu ryngwladol (Cyfrannwr)

2024

• Reconceptualising conservation law enforcement in protected areas

  Urgency to save species from extinction has prompted increased investment in law enforcement in and around protected areas, with considerable conservation resource spent training enforcers and supporting efforts to increase detection, prosecution, and sanctioning. However, relatively little evidence for the effectiveness of these approaches exists, and in recent years, investments in conservation law enforcement have come under increasing scrutiny due to associations with human-right abuses. In response, there has been a shift amongst practitioner organisations, funders, and governments to embed rights-based approaches into protected area governance, with a specific focus on implementing social safe-guards to improve how laws are enforced. To date dominant models of law enforcement have focused on increasing the cost of offending and reducing opportunities for offending to occur. Yet, other models of enforcement highlight that procedural fairness, and the legitimacy of enforcers and the laws themselves, are important but overlooked factors which can influence compliance. This workshop will draw conservation practitioners and academics together to share expertise and explore the need, opportunities, and challenges of reconceptualising how laws are enforced around protected areas.

  22 Gorff 2024 – 24 Gorff 2024

  Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Cyfranogwr)
• Delivery of a series of workshops to conservation scientists, practitioners and government representatives in Indonesia.

  Delivery of two workshops in Jakarta and Banda Aceh to share research findings from the CONHUB project with academics, Government and NGOs representatives.

  24 Chwef 2024 – 28 Chwef 2024

  Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)

2023

• Delivery of a series of workshops to conservation scientists, practitioners and government representatives in Tanzania.

  Delivery of a series of training workshops in social science research methods and dissemination of research findings from the CONHUB project. In total 4 separate workshops were run in 4 different locations (Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Irina, Arusha). Participants included representatives from: the Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources, TAWIRI, TAFORI, TANAPA, University of Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, the Open University, alongside NGOs including STEP, Lion Landscapes, Frankfurt Zoological Society, WWF, WCS.

  27 Tach 2023 – 9 Rhag 2023

  Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)