Kai Chan, Jordan Tam, and others publish article in PNAS called, “Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda”. (pdf)
Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda
Daniel, T. C., Muhar, A., Arnberger, A., Aznar, O., Boyd, J. W., Chan, K. M. A., . . . von der Dunk, A. 2012. Contributions of cultural services to the ecosystem services agenda. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1114773109 (pdf)
Sarah Klain posts a photo for 350.org’s international day of climate action.
Sarah Klain posts a photo from the Hakai Institute in the Great Bear Rainforest for 350.org ‘s International Day of Climate Action. See all the pictures from the Climate Impacts Day here.
New Blog Post: Remember your roots
Kai Chan has written a new blog post called, Remember your roots. Check out this blog post and others at CHAN’s Lab Views, http://chanslabviews.blogspot.ca/.
CHAN’s Lab Views wins Liebster Blog Award!
CHAN’s Lab Views wins Liebster Blog Award!
Thank you to Water Blogged for honouring us with this award!
Kai Chan to speak at Princeton University
Kai Chan will be presenting at The David Bradford Seminars in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy series at Princeton University on April 23rd, 2012. The talk is titled, “Sea Otters, Kelp Forests, and Coastal Communities: Ecosystem Services Amongst Trophic Cascades”.
Joey Bernhardt and Emily Anderson win Vanier Scholarships, Ally Thompson wins NSERC CGS and Natasha Sihota wins NSERC PGS D
Congratulations to Joey Bernhardt and Emily Anderson for winning prestigious Vanier Scholarships, to Ally Thompson for winning an NSERC CGS, and to Natasha Sihota for winning an NSERC PGS D!
Klain to speak on “Place matters: A participatory approach to social ecological systems decision-making”
Sarah Klain will be speaking at the Coastal Temperate Rainforests: Integrating Science, Resource Management, and Communities symposium (Link) hosted by the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center on April 18th and 19th, 2012
Her talk is titled: “Place Matters: A participatory approach for bringing social and cultural ecosystem service priorities into decision-making”
Media coverage of BCCES research on sea otters, kelp forests, and coastal communities
Postdoctoral fellows, Drs. Rebecca Martone and Russell Markel, were featured in Westerly News for their presentation at the Pacific Rim Whale Festival in partnership with Clayoquot Biosphere Trust. Russ and Rebecca were invited to present to the general public and communicate their research on how the reintroduction of sea otters affects kelp forest ecosystems and coastal communities as part of the BCCES project of the Chan lab.