Tags: Conservation, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, Lydia Teh, Nereus Program, Sustainability, William Cheung, Yoshitaka Ota
The impacts of marine protected areas can undermine people’s rights or stop them from their livelihoods
A UBC-led research team has developed a new global coral bleaching database that could help scientists predict future bleaching events.
Tags: Arctic, Climate change, Contaminants, Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Juan Jose Alava, killer whales, Marine mammals, polar bears, pollution, whales
Human contaminants, exacerbated by climate change, are impacting polar bears, killer whales.
Experts, including IOF's Deng Palomares, debunked the popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a better environmental shape than the rest of the world.
An awareness program focused on the preservation of this species in South Florida is underway.
She will serve as the Committee's global marine expert, and will also Chair its Marine Conservation Subcommittee.
Tags: Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, Marine catches, Sea Around Us, Seminars and events, Sustainability
The award-winning ocean conservation film will screen at UBC on April 28, 2017. RSVP REQUIRED.
The Wall Scholars Research Award will allow Dr. Cheung to spend one year in residence at the Institute in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment.
They addressed Bill S-203, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending captivity of whales and dolphins), in front of the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Tags: Cetaceans, Contaminants, Faculty, killer whales, Marine mammals, pollution, Stephen Raverty, whales
Bacteria including salmonella and fungi such as penicillium were found in the whales.