Kai Chan selected as delegate to World Science Forum
Kai has been selected as one of four young Canadian delegates to the InterAcademy Partnership’s 2015 World Science Forum. The Forum will focus on “Scoping the future: views and ideas of young scientists to tackle global challenges” and will take place in Budapest, Hungary in November 2015.
John Driscoll wins Les Lavkulich Graduate Student Fellowship
The Les Lavkulich Awards have been endowed by colleagues, friends and UBC alumni in honour of Professor Les Lavkulich, who created the Resources and Environment Program in 1979, the first truly interdisciplinary graduate program at UBC. As the program’s inspirational leader between 1979 and 2004, he was able, with his unrelenting effort and visionary thinking, […]
Healthy oceans, economies and communities
Kai Chan and Sarah Klain spoke on why thriving marine ecosystems matter for British Columbia as part of a webinar with economists Michelle Molnar and Ngaio Hotte. Here’s a link to the audio and visual recording of their talks on market and non-market benefits from the ocean, the contribution of particular industries to BC’s economy, social and […]
Kai’s webinar for Yale University Centre for Business and the Environment is online
Kai Chan presented his research on building frameworks to conceptualize ecosystem services in a webinar for the Yale University Centre for Business and the Environment, emphasizing cultural ecosystem services to highlight importance of supporting ecosystem services to catalyze sustainability. The YouTube video is here.
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?’