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Dr Leejiah Dorward

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l.dorward@bangor.ac.uk

0000-0001-7756-8989

Dr Leejiah Dorward

View Dr Leejiah Dorward’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

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Email: l.dorward@bangor.ac.uk

Twitter: @Leejiah_D

Qualifications

  • DPhil: Improving our understanding of the socio-ecological complexity of human-carnivore interactions
    Oxford University, 2014–2018
  • MSc: Conservation Science
    Imperial College London, 2012–2013
  • BSc: Environmental Science
    University of East Anglia, 2007–2010

Research Interests

I am an interdisciplinary conservation scientist with broad interests in the interactions between social and ecological systems, and how we can manage these for the benefit of people and nature.

I am particularly interested in the relationships between communities, their local environment, and conservation actors; and how we can align often competing interests between these stakeholders. My PhD research looked at the ecological and social drivers of conservation conflicts surrounding large carnivores in the Ruaha landscape in Tanzania.

I am also interested in understanding the drivers of human behaviour in relation to a range of conservation and environmental issues. I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Freya St John's Conservation and Human Behaviour group. In this project my research is looking at understanding local people's relationships with protected areas, and how we can apply theories and methods from a range of disciplines to improve our understanding of the drivers of illegal behaviour in protected areas.

Publications

2024

  • E-pub ahead of printCross-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 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environment and Behavior. 56, 1-2, p. 120-151 32 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedImproving 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 Jul 2024, In: Conservation Biology. 39, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedProtected 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 Feb 2024
    Research output: Other contribution
  • PublishedThe bird tear-drinking moths of the genus Hemiceratoides (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
    Zili, A., Barbut, J., Dorward, L. & Lees, D., 14 May 2024, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedUnderstanding 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 Feb 2024
    Research output: Other contribution

2023

  • PublishedA 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 Aug 2023, In: People and Nature. 5, 4, p. 1245-1261 17 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedProtected 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 Nov 2023
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • PublishedTopic 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., Jun 2023, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 5, 6, e12927.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

  • PublishedExperimental 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., Oct 2022, In: Conservation Biology.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedLike a bat out of hell: Bats roosting in pit-latrine cesspits
    Dorward, L., Stein, A. & Searle, C., Mar 2022, In: African Journal of Ecology. 60, 1, p. 91-94 4 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

  • PublishedEthical 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 Aug 2020, In: Conservation Biology. 34, 4, p. 925-933
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

  • PublishedPokémon Go: Benefits, Costs, and Lessons for the Conservation Movement
    Dorward, L., Mittermeier, J., Sandbrook, C. & Spooner, F., Feb 2017, In: Conservation Letters. 10, 1, p. 160-165
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedCarnivory 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., Jun 2016, In: Mammal Review. 46, 3, p. 191-203
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

  • PublishedNew record of cannibalism in the common hippo, Hippopotamus amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758)
    Dorward, L., 2015, In: African Journal of Ecology. 53, 3, p. 385-387
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

  • PublishedPossible scavenging behaviour in Ornate Hawk-eagle Spizaetus ornatus; Amazonas, Brazil
    Jones, S. E. I. & Dorward, L., Mar 2014, In: Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 22, 1, p. 27-31
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

  • PublishedEstimating 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., Dec 2012, In: Integrative Zoology. 7, 4, p. 373-380
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedWhere are the best opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food system (including the food chain)? A comment
    Dorward, L., 2012, In: Food Policy. 37, 4, p. 463-466
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Activities

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 Dec 2025 – 2 Dec 2028

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

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 Jul 2024 – 24 Jul 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)
  • 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 Feb 2024 – 28 Feb 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

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 Nov 2023 – 9 Dec 2023

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

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