Economic importance of marine conservation and planning
David Suzuki Foundation invites Kai Chan and Sarah Klain to discuss why abundant, diverse and clean marine ecosystems are important to BC’s coastal communities and economy.
Megan (lab alum) and Kai publish on the potential impact of an invasive seagrass
Megan Mach (lab alum), Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria (UW seagrass researcher), and Kai Chan summarized 40 years of scientific research on Zostera japonica, a nonnative seagrass species in the Northeast Pacific, to investigate its effect on ecosystem processes and identify research gaps that might interfere with management objectives. Our analysis was especially relevant for ongoing policy discussion […]
Nathan Bennett publishes new report, “Conservation Social Sciences: What, Why, and How?”
CHANS lab post-doc Nathan Bennett co-led the production of new report, Conservation Social Sciences: What, Why, and How? The report aims to stimulate dialogue among conservation organizations, foundations, agencies, practitioners and researchers about the role of the conservation social sciences, to build capacity, promote knowledge and foster engagement with conservation social sciences to improve conservation practice and outcomes.
Jordan, Kai and Terre Satterfield publish on exorcising the ‘ghost’ of Homo economicus
Jordan Levine, Kai Chan and Terre Satterfield synthesize behavioral and cognitive science to exorcise the ‘ghost’ of Homo economicus in a new publication in Ecological Economics: ‘From rational actor to efficient complexity manager: Exorcising the ghost of Homo economicus with a unified synthesis of cognition research’, here.
Policy Forum in Science with Paige
CHANS lab PhD Student Paige Olmsted was part of a global analysis of Payments for Ecosystem Services programs, which resulted in this piece in Science this week calling for improved understanding and inclusion of ecological principles and considerations in project design.
Nathan Bennett awarded Liber Ero Fellowship
Congratulations to Nathan Bennett on being awarded a Liber Ero Fellowsip, Canada’s most prestigious conservation science fellowship. Nathan’s project is called ‘Towards more coordinated and strategic networks: How effectively are marine conservation organizations producing management actions and outcomes in Canada’s Great Bear Sea?’
Puget Sound Cultural and Recreational Links to Ecosystems
Kai, Mollie and Sarah worked with Ecotrust to report on cultural and recreational values in Puget Sound.
New publication predicting the cost of an invasive crab to Puget Sound, Washington
Non-native species pose a risk to native environments, but predicting the value at-risk to these species before invasion occurs is difficult and rare in current literature. Megan Mach and Kai Chan presented a method for describing the economic risk of an invasive species that encompasses the great variation possible in an invading species interactions with […]
Sarah & Kai publish on accounting for social & cultural importance of ecosystems
To broaden the ecosystem service research agenda, Sarah Klain, Terre Satterfield and Kai Chan used Sarah’s Vancouver Island field research to demonstrate methods that could improve ecosystem service assessments and marine spatial plans. See paper here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800914002730
Introducing Guardians of Science, new masterclass on science communication
Kai joins Dave Ng of the Michael Smith Labs to present their new “Guardians of Science” science communications masterclass program. This is a free one day workshop (Friday, November 28th) on various elements of communicating science. Special reserved spots for IRES graduate students and post docs. See http://guardiansofscience.org