Sarah
My research interests include marine ecosystem services, specifically the ecological processes that provide benefits to people. As a means of informing natural resource decision-making, I am interested in participatory research involving maps that combine biophysical and social information pertaining to the ocean. I am also interested in socioeconomics, the systematic study of people’s values, experiences, and attitudes with regards to marine resource management decisions. With a focus on coastal communities, I hope that my research can contribute to finding ways for communities to maintain and restore marine biodiversity while enhancing local economies.
Engaging Communities in Offshore Wind: Case Studies and Lessons Learned from New England Islands
By Sarah on December 16, 2015
Sarah Klain collaborated with the non-profit organization Island Institute to report on lessons learned about community engagement, community benefits and offshore wind farms proposed near three New England islands. Residents of these island are likely to be the first impacted by offshore wind farms in North America. Island community members may influence the future of this industry […]
Chan’s lab raises $745 for CPAWS-BC
By Sarah on September 23, 2015
Ale, Sarah, Ally, and Kai raised $745 for Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society as part of The Big Wild Challenge trail race.
Healthy oceans, economies and communities
By Sarah on April 30, 2015
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 […]
Economic importance of marine conservation and planning
By Sarah on April 9, 2015
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.
Posted in 2015, News, Slideshow, Uncategorized
Puget Sound Cultural and Recreational Links to Ecosystems
By Sarah on January 13, 2015
Kai, Mollie and Sarah worked with Ecotrust to report on cultural and recreational values in Puget Sound.
Sarah & Kai publish on accounting for social & cultural importance of ecosystems
By Sarah on November 3, 2014
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
Article on intangible benefits of nature published in prestigious annual review journal
By Sarah on October 23, 2013
Jordan Tam, Sarah Klain, Jordan Levine and Kai Chan co-authored a publication in Annual Reviews of Environment and Resources: Humans and Nature: How Knowing and Experiencing Nature Affect Well-Being. Here’s some press about it!
Industry thought they smelled something fishy
By Sarah on May 28, 2013
Sarah Klain reflects on her use of social media with unintended consequences for her research as part of the SciFund Challenge outreach class.
Navigating Coastal Values
By Sarah on November 1, 2012
Sarah Klain and Kai Chan’s final version of their article Navigating coastal values: Participatory mapping of ecosystem services for spatial planning is now online
Hakai Institute field course, Calvert Island
By Sarah on November 1, 2012
Sarah Klain attended a resilience and ecosystem-based management field course at the Hakai Institute on the central coast of BC.
Posted in Slideshow