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

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

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

Gerald Singh to present at the Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference 2012

Gerald Singh scheduled to talk at the upcoming Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference meeting in Bamfield, British Columbia. Jan 2 – 4 2012

Kai publishes article entitled, “Rethinking ecosystem services to better address and navigate cultural values.”

Dr. Kai Chan et al. publish article in the journal Ecological Economics entitled, “Rethinking ecosystem services to better address and navigate cultural values.”  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800911004927

Dr. Kai Chan inducted into the Global Young Academy

Dr. Kai Chan was recently inducted into the Global Young Academy, which “aims to empower and mobilize young scientists to address issues of particu­lar importance to early career scientists.” ( http://www.globalyoungacademy.org/)

Dr. Rebecca Martone Seminar Talk – Thursday March 8th at 1pm

Dr. Rebecca Martone Seminar Talk – Thursday March 8th at 1pm

Dr. Martone will be giving a talk on March 8th at 1pm in AERL 120 on coupled social-ecological systems research

AAAS in Vancouver – Why the Climate Questions?

AAAS in Vancouver – Why the Climate Questions?

Science and the Media at AAAS in Vancouver last week

Kai, Sarah and Gerald to speak at SCB, New Zealand

Kai, Sarah and Gerald to speak at SCB, New Zealand

Kai Chan, Sarah Klain and Gerald Singh scheduled to talk at the upcoming International Congress for Conservation Biology meeting in Auckland, New Zealand. Dec 5 – 9 2011

New Blog Post: Triage Terror

Kai Chan and Sarah Klain have written a blog post entitled, Triage Terror: Are conservation scientists ready to let endangered species blink out? Think again.

PNCIMA Op-Eds

Ed and Kai have letters published in the Vancouver Sun about the federal government pulling out of the PNCIMA marine planning process.

Kai Awarded Fulbright

Kai was awarded the Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair at the University of California – Santa Barbara for 2011-2, hosted by Steve Gaines and Ben Halpern (url)