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Forests Sustaining Agriculture: Terry Sunderland talks at Global Landscape Forum, Bonn, 2020
Terry Sunderland presented at Global Landscapes Forum, Bonn 2020 at the event themed ‘Contribution of Forests, Trees and Agroforestry to sustainable Food Security and Nutrition in a time of crisis’. The key highlights of the talk were- Diverse forest and tree-based production systems offer advantages over monocropping systems because of their adaptability and resilience. There […]
Intact forests can retain high levels of carbon in high temperatures: news coverage of a collaborative study from Sunderland lab
Projecting how the planet will react to environmental change as the atmosphere warms is no straightforward matter. In a new study, scientists detail the reaction of intact tropical forests, which host a vital 40 percent of carbon stored in vegetation, to climate variability in an effort to understand exactly how sensitive they are to temperature […]
Protected Areas and Food Security: Unravelling the Issues- New book chapter by Winy Vasquez and Terry Sunderland
Recent research has highlighted the contributions of forests and tree-based systems to both dietary diversity and nutrition as well as agricultural production in the form of tree-based ecosystem services. Wild foods provide a significant nutritional contribution to the diets of rural dwellers, the majority of whom would be classified as some of the world’s poorest. […]
Meeting the food security challenge for nine billion people in 2050: What impact on forests?- New paper by Bahar et al., and Terry Sunderland
Agricultural activities on croplands and pastures occupy 11% and 26% of earth surfaces, respectively, while forests comprise 31% of the earth’s surface (FAOSTAT, 2016). Global cropland and pasture areas have increased by 110% and 59%, respectively, from 1850 to 2015, while the area of global forest decreased by 17% (Houghton and Nassikas, 2017). Native lands and non-forest ecosystems […]
Forests and food security: a review by Terry Sunderland and Alida O’Connor
Forests are the largest source of terrestrial biodiversity and contain over half of the world’s terrestrial plant and animal species. In addition to the multitude of species supported by forest systems, forests are also responsible for life-sustaining ecological processes such as nutrient cycling and water regulation. As a rich source of plants, animals, soil, and […]

Welcome to the Sunderland Lab at UBC!

Sunderland lab is based in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The lab is led by Dr. Terry Sunderland, Professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences. Our research is focused on applied research, biodiversity, conservation, sustainable resource management, and linkages to levering policy influence. For more details, please visit the ‘Research‘ page. To get recent updates on our work, please follow Sunderland lab and Dr. Terry Sunderland on Twitter!

Forests Sustaining Agriculture: Terry Sunderland talks at Global Landscape Forum, Bonn, 2020

Intact forests can retain high levels of carbon in high temperatures: news coverage of a collaborative study from Sunderland lab

Protected Areas and Food Security: Unravelling the Issues- New book chapter by Winy Vasquez and Terry Sunderland

Meeting the food security challenge for nine billion people in 2050: What impact on forests?- New paper by Bahar et al., and Terry Sunderland

Forests and food security: a review by Terry Sunderland and Alida O’Connor

Welcome to the Sunderland Lab at UBC!