Vietnam’s Carbon Market Readiness🌱🌏
Carbon for Good project‘s policy dialogue in Hanoi! 🌍 🇻🇳📌 Hosted by VNU–UEB in collaboration with The University of British Columbia, CIFOR-ICRAF, Flinders University, CARE Canada, and other global partners, the event held on Nov 25–26 brought together policymakers, researchers, and industry to shape next‑generation carbon markets in post‑COP30 Vietnam. Vietnam is taking a firm […]
New FAO Report Launched at COP30: “Forests Drive Agricultural Success, Not Conflict”
Terry Sunderland and Sima Fakheran contributed to Chapter 6: Forests Sustaining Agriculture in a new FAO-led report released this week at COP30. The report highlights how protecting and restoring forests is essential for climate-resilient agriculture, rural livelihoods, and global food and water security. You can read the full news release and access the report here: […]
UBC Branchlines: Agroforestry Food Production
UBC Forestry’s latest Branchlines feature highlights global efforts to strengthen agroforestry and smallholder food production as climate change reshapes growing conditions. The article showcases work by researchers, including Terry Sunderland, whose research on shea parklands illustrates how women’s stewardship, knowledge and labour sustain these vital agroforestry systems and bolster both ecological resilience and local livelihoods. […]
Forest sanctuaries and spiritual balance in the Karen highlands of Thailand
The Pgaz K’Nyau Karen, one of Thailand’s largest cultural groups, care for extensive sacred forests and maintain rotational farming systems grounded in long‑standing spiritual and ecological traditions. UBC Forestry professor Terry Sunderland notes that shifting cultivation, when practiced with sufficient fallow periods for forest regeneration, has helped shape many forest landscapes and can even enhance […]
🎓 PhD Milestone Achieved! 🌍
We’re thrilled to celebrate Dr. Alida O’Connor, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on October 16th, 2025. Her dissertation, titled “Understanding Collaborative Landscape Governance to Inform Integrated Landscape Approaches: Evidence from Ghana and Zambia,” offers valuable insights into inclusive governance and integrated landscape management in complex socio-ecological systems. Alida is the latest PhD graduate from […]
UBC President Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon visits the Sunderland lab
It was great to welcome UBC President Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon to our research lab earlier this morning during his visit to the Faculty of Forestry. Members of our lab each shared a summary of their research taking place across the Tropics including Colombia, Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia. We enjoyed the engaging […]
Pro Vice-Chancellor interacts with Prof. Terry Sunderland at the University of Cape Coast
The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Denis Aheto, has met with Prof. Terry Sunderland of the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada, at his office. During the meeting, the two leaders, with other guests, engaged in cordial conversations regarding student and faculty exchanges, joint research, and capacity building. The discussions also […]
Honoring Aisha S. Uduman: A New Award for Graduate Students in Forestry
We are excited to announce that Sarah is the first recipient of the Aisha S. Uduman Memorial Award for Graduate Students in Forestry. This prestigious award was established in memory of Aisha S. Uduman, a cherished member of the Forestry community, whose passion and dedication continue to inspire us all. In honor of Aisha’s life […]
Celebrating Our Recent Award Winners!
We are excited to share the fantastic news of recent awards and fellowships received by several members of our lab. Debbie has been honored with the Mary and David Macaree Fellowship. Sam has been awarded both the Peter N. Affleck Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Forest Policy and the Backman Family Graduate Scholarship in Forestry. Sarah […]
An Evening with Carol Colfer: Exploring Gender, Inequality & Colonialism in the Context of International Forestry
What does decolonization look like in the context of academia? How do we tackle inequality in international forestry and associated research? How does gender intersect with all of this? Our evening with Carol Colfer (interviewed by Terry Sunderland) covered a lot of ground, informed by her many decades in the field, from Indonesia to Oman, and even […]