Sima recently presented at IALE in Nairobi, Kenya
Sima recently presented two symposiums on “Landscape Approaches for Nature Conservation, Development and Sustainability” and “Landscape Ecology for Future of SDGs: A Paradigm Shift to Regenerative Development Goals” at IALE 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. She also took part in a panel discussion on “Toward Equitable Publishing in Landscape Ecology: identifying barriers and solutions”. Sima […]
COLANDS project highlighted on IKI website
The International Climate Initiative (IKI) from the Government of Germany highlighted progress and updates associated with the COLANDS project, including blogs, journal articles, and presentations written and presented by the COLANDS team, which includes many members of the Sunderland Lab. The website provides the following description of the COLANDS project: “This project is using a […]
Terry gave the keynote speech at the International Symposium for Food Security
Terry presented on forests, food, and health and the linkages between the three at the International Symposium for Food Security in Seoul, South Korea. See the complete recording here!
Terry presented at the UBC Forestry Research Seminar on Forests, Food, and Health
“Dr. Terry Sunderland explores the linkages between forests, trees, nutrition, and health. He investigates the direct contribution of forest foods to rural diets and the connections between forest ecosystem services and the benefits to agricultural production.” See the full presentation here!
Terry made the keynote address at the Bamboo and Rattan Congress
Terry recently presented the keynote speech at the Bamboo and Rattan Congress (BARC) 2022 on historical socio-ecological work on African rattans. For more information, see here!
Fiona successfully defended her masters thesis!
Fiona Feng, a masters student in the Sunderland Lab successfully defended her thesis titled “An Overview of Intercropping Tree/Tea Plantations in China”. Congratulations, Fiona!
Visiting Professor Dr. Sima Fakheran joins the Sunderland lab!
Dr. Sima Fakheran has joined the Sunderland lab from Isfahan University of Technology in Iran. Her research interests include Monitoring Landscape Pattern Change and its Impacts on Biodiversity, Ecological Impacts of Road Networks, Corridor Design, Climate change, and Conservation Planning. She will be contributing to the COLANDS project while at UBC. Read more about Dr. […]
Terry featured in Global Landscapes Forum article on forest restoration
“With some 10 million hectares of forest cut down every year and about a third of the world’s forested spaces already devastated, deforestation is a vice humanity just can’t seem to quit. Forest restoration can encompass a number of different activities. At its simplest, it’s planting trees on degraded land. Protecting or enhancing naturally regenerating forests – secondary forests […]
Winy has been chosen as a public scholar under the UBC Public Scholars Initiative!
“UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) was launched in 2015 to support UBC doctoral students whose research extended beyond the academy, and beyond traditional disciplinary approaches, to have a tangible impact for the public good through collaborative, action-oriented, and/or creative forms of scholarship in their dissertation work. ” A sincere congratulations to Winy on this award! […]
Joseph successfully defended his master’s thesis!
On Monday, August 29th, Joseph successfully defended his master’s thesis on multi-stakeholder engagement and cross-sectoral collaboration in integrated landscape approaches in cocoa-forest mosaic landscapes in Southern Ghana. Congratulations to Joseph on this well-deserved milestone!