<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2019/06/05/webinar-landmark-u-n-biodiversity-report-with-lead-co-author/" title="Webinar | Landmark U.N. Biodiversity Report with Lead Co-Author"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/06/bee-1916291920_1-150x150.jpg" alt="Webinar | Landmark U.N. Biodiversity Report with Lead Co-Author" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
By kaichan on June 5, 2019
Kai led a webinar hosted by the Smart Prosperity Institute (where he’s on sabbatical), CPAWS, Ducks Unlimited, Metcalf Foundation, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nature United, and WWF Canada. See here for viewers’ thought-provoking questions (and their answers).
Posted in 2019, News, Slideshow
<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2019/06/05/ipbes-commentary-citizens-call/" title="IPBES commentary, Citizen’s Call"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/06/CitizensCall-150x150.jpg" alt="IPBES commentary, Citizen’s Call" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
By kaichan on June 5, 2019
Kai’s Commentary was published on Global News for International Biodiversity Day. It gave an inside perspective on IPBES negotiations in Paris, and solutions toward transformative change, including this Citizen’s Call. Please help spread the word!
Posted in 2019, News, Slideshow
<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2019/05/13/kai-negotiates-and-explains-the-ipbes-global-assessment/" title="Kai negotiates and explains the IPBES Global Assessment"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/05/IPBES7_-_450global_experts-_Twitter__Facebook-150x150.png" alt="Kai negotiates and explains the IPBES Global Assessment" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
By kaichan on May 13, 2019
At IPBES 7 in Paris, Kai Chan and others negotiated the text of the IPBES Global Assessment with 132 member nations. The release of this landmark UN report on nature generated a great deal of media attention including on CBC’s News Network, CBC’s Front Burner, CBC’s Power and Politics, and many more.
Posted in 2019, News, Slideshow
<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2018/12/21/kai-others-launch-people-and-nature/" title="Kai & others launch People and Nature"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/12/DfA3zzaW4AEHsN5-150x150.jpg" alt="Kai & others launch People and Nature" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
By kaichan on December 21, 2018
As a lead editor (with Kevin Gaston EIC, Emilie Aimé as Managing Editor), Kai helped launch People and Nature, a new open-access journal from the British Ecological Society. Practice-oriented, deeply interdisciplinary, rigorous, boundary-crossing and envelope-pushing–see the opening editorial.
Posted in 2018, News, Slideshow
<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2017/10/31/kai-speaks-in-favour-of-canadas-fundamental-science-review/" title="Kai speaks in favour of Canada’s Fundamental Science Review"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2017/10/Kai-Chan-Headshot_hi-res-150x150.jpeg" alt="Kai speaks in favour of Canada’s Fundamental Science Review" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
By kaichan on October 31, 2017
… and argues for the need for inter-agency collaboration to support truly interdisciplinary research (Canada lags behind with its siloed funding councils). Video
Posted in 2017, News, Slideshow
<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2017/08/20/karp-et-al-show-that-agriculture-erases-climate-driven-bird-diversity-in-costa-rica/" title="Karp et al. show that agriculture erases climate-driven bird diversity in Costa Rica"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2017/08/dk_manakin_wetfor_img_1678-150x150.jpg" alt="Karp et al. show that agriculture erases climate-driven bird diversity in Costa Rica" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
By kaichan on August 20, 2017
Climate change and habitat conversion to agriculture are working together to homogenize nature, indicates a study in the journal Global Change Biology led by Danny Karp during his postdoc at CHANS Lab…. (see more here).
Posted in 2017, News, Slideshow
<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2017/05/18/kai-emily-mollie-paige-argue-to-re-imagine-incentive-schemes/" title="Kai, Emily, Mollie, Paige argue to re-imagine incentive schemes"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2017/05/Figure-1-for-Re-imagining-PES-150x150.jpg" alt="Kai, Emily, Mollie, Paige argue to re-imagine incentive schemes" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
By kaichan on May 18, 2017
In a new paper, CHANS lab folks (plus Kristjan Jespersen) proposed to re-imagine incentive programs to encourage values of responsibility, not to buy behaviour change. Full citation: Chan, K.M.A., E. Anderson, M. Chapman, K. Jespersen and P. Olmsted (2017). “Payments for ecosystem services: Rife with problems and potential—for transformation towards sustainability.” Ecological Economics 140: 110-122. Doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.04.029
Posted in 2017, News, Slideshow
<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2016/09/29/alejandra-echeverri-was-awarded-with-the-national-geographic-young-explorers-grant/" title="Alejandra Echeverri was awarded the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2016/09/IMG_9778-150x150.jpg" alt="Alejandra Echeverri was awarded the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
By aecheverri225 on September 29, 2016
Congratulations to Ale who was awarded the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant to evaluate cultural values of birds in Costa Rica.
Posted in 2016, News, Slideshow
<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2016/02/10/beyond-intrinsic-vs-instrumental-relational-values-appeal-broadly/" title="Beyond intrinsic vs. instrumental: Relational values appeal broadly"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2016/02/Berta_bird_in_hand-150x150.png" alt="Beyond intrinsic vs. instrumental: Relational values appeal broadly" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
By kaichan on February 10, 2016
The CHANS lab paper (led by Kai)–on relational values as an alternative values-framing for environmental protection and sustainability–was just published in PNAS. Chan, K. M. A., P. Balvanera, K. Benessaiah, et al. (2016). “Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment.” PNAS 113(6): 1462–1465. http://www.pnas.org/content/113/6/1462.full
Posted in 2016, News, Slideshow
<a href="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2015/12/16/engaging-communities-in-offshore-wind-case-studies-and-lessons-learned-from-new-england-islands/" title="Engaging Communities in Offshore Wind: Case Studies and Lessons Learned from New England Islands"><img src="https://conciseresearch.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/12/offshore-wind-and-birds-Peter-Ham-150x150.jpg" alt="Engaging Communities in Offshore Wind: Case Studies and Lessons Learned from New England Islands" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>
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 […]
Posted in 2015, News, Slideshow