CHAN'S Lab

Sarah Klain posts a photo for 350.org’s international day of climate action.

cnmillar — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:18:37 +0000

Sarah Klain posts a photo from the Hakai Institute in the Great Bear Rainforest for 350.org ‘s International Day of Climate Action. See all the pictures from the Climate Impacts Day here.

New Blog Post: Remember your roots

cnmillar — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:17:52 +0000

Kai Chan has written a new blog post called, Remember your roots. Check out this blog post and others at CHAN’s Lab Views, http://chanslabviews.blogspot.ca/.

CHAN’s Lab Views wins Liebster Blog Award!

cnmillar — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:13:15 +0000

CHAN’s Lab Views wins Liebster Blog Award!

Thank you to Water Blogged for honouring us with this award!

Kai Chan to speak at Princeton University

cnmillar — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:34:14 +0000

Kai Chan will be presenting at The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy series at Princeton University on April 23rd, 2012. The talk is titled, ”Sea Otters, Kelp Forests, and Coastal Communities: Ecosystem Services Amongst Trophic Cascades”.

Joey Bernhardt and Emily Anderson win Vanier Scholarships, Ally Thompson wins NSERC CGS and Natasha Sihota wins NSERC PGS D

cnmillar — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:27:28 +0000

Congratulations to Joey Bernhardt and Emily Anderson for winning prestigious Vanier Scholarships, to Ally Thompson for winning an NSERC CGS, and to Natasha Sihota for winning an NSERC PGS D!

Klain to speak on “Place matters: A participatory approach to social ecological systems decision-making”

Mach — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:28:27 +0000

Sarah Klain will be speaking at the Coastal Temperate Rainforests: Integrating Science, Resource Management, and Communities symposium (Link) hosted by the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center on April 18th and 19th, 2012

Her talk is titled: “Place Matters: A participatory approach for bringing social and cultural ecosystem service priorities into decision-making”

Media coverage of BCCES research on sea otters, kelp forests, and coastal communities

Mach — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:08:18 +0000

Postdoctoral fellows, Drs. Rebecca Martone and Russell Markel, were featured in Westerly News for their presentation at the Pacific Rim Whale Festival in partnership with Clayoquot Biosphere Trust. Russ and Rebecca were invited to present to the general public and communicate their research on how the reintroduction of sea otters affects kelp forest ecosystems and coastal communities as part of the BCCES project of the Chan lab.

http://www.canada.com/otter+pros+cons/6341101/story.html

Moving beyond single-sector management to marine spatial planning (MSP) yields benefits – F1000 Review

Mach — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:25:03 +0000

Gregr E, Chan K: “White et al. are the first to show how moving beyond single-sector management to marine…” Evaluation of: [White C et al. Ecosystem service tradeoff analysis reveals the value of marine spatial planning for multiple ocean uses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Mar 5; doi: 10.1073/pnas.1114215109]. Faculty of 1000, 16 Mar 2012. F1000.com/13996962#eval15453064

Paige Olmsted to present poster at the Student Conference on Conservation Science

Mach — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:10:49 +0000

Paige Olmsted is presenting a poster at the upcoming Student Conference on Conservation Science meeting at the University of Cambridge, UK. March 20 – 22, 2012.

Poster titled: The Ecological Foundations of Payment for Ecosystem Services Programs around the World

Biodiversity and ecosystem services F1000 review

Mach — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:01:41 +0000

Olmsted P, Chan K: “Mace et al.’s review should lead to an improvement in communication among conservation…” Evaluation of: [Mace GM et al. Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship. Trends Ecol Evol. 2012 Jan; 27(1):19-26; doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.08.006]. Faculty of 1000, 01 Mar 2012. F1000.com/13492987#eval15395077