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Dr. Brian Hunt receives NSERC Discovery Grant to research the impacts of urbanization on the coastal ocean

Dr. Brian Hunt receives NSERC Discovery Grant to research the impacts of urbanization on the coastal ocean

Dr. Brian Hunt will receive an NSERC Discovery Grant for work on the impacts of urbanization on coastal oceans, specifically regarding ocean cities.

Posted in 2023, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, Brian Hunt, Coastline, Discovery Grants, ecosystems, Faculty, food webs, Herring, NSERC, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, pollution, salmon, urbanization, wastewater

In climate change talks and development goals, the tropical majority must be recognized and respected

In climate change talks and development goals, the tropical majority must be recognized and respected

We are in the UN Decade of Ocean Science and that means prioritizing diversity and inclusion in all decision-making processes

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, Climate change, diversity, EDI, inclusion, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, solution science, tropical majority, tropics, United Nations

2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement: Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila are winners

2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement: Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila are winners

The UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries professors say winning this prize gives them an opportunity to spread an urgent and evidence-based message: all fishing on the high seas should be banned.

Posted in 2023, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Biodiversity, Conservation, Daniel Pauly, environment, High Seas, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila

‘This is a wake-up call for the world’: UBC researchers at the forefront of championing for change

‘This is a wake-up call for the world’: UBC researchers at the forefront of championing for change

The Galápagos islands are under severe threat from ocean pollution, climate change, and illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing pressures

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, Climate change, Conservation, Galápagos, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, OPRU, penguins, pollution

Op-ed: To Prove its Climate and Biodiversity Ambitions the EU Must Protect the Ocean’s Carbon Engineers

Op-ed: To Prove its Climate and Biodiversity Ambitions the EU Must Protect the Ocean’s Carbon Engineers

An op-ed article by Drs. William Cheung and Rashid Sumaila regarding the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP15, that is currently taking place opened in Montreal.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, carbon footprint, Climate change, conferences, COP15, CORU, Faculty, FERU, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB, William Cheung

Kx Spotlight – Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change

Kx Spotlight – Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change

With partnerships spanning across disciplines, sectors and borders, and with academics and non-academics (including Indigenous communities, NGOs, policy makers, businesses and media) collaboration is at the centre of their work.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, biology, Climate change, CORU, Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, knowledge exchange, ocean economy, Rashid Sumaila, UBC, William Cheung

Nature, society, and culture should be taken into consideration when dealing with climate change

Nature, society, and culture should be taken into consideration when dealing with climate change

The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) can include Indigenous stakeholders, local expertise, and different knowledge systems in conversation efforts.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, Climate change, Conservation, Galápagos, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, natural science, social sciences, tourism

5 things you can do to help BC’s marine ecosystems

5 things you can do to help BC’s marine ecosystems

In the face of declining fish stocks like sockeye salmon, marine heatwaves and massive coastal die-offs, it can sometimes feel as though protecting our ocean ecosystems is a hopeless task. But there are things we can do.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, carbon footprint, Christopher Harley, Climate change, ecosystems, Marine ecosystems, Microplastics, plastic, seafood, William Cheung

UBC-led team to find out how to feed the world while protecting nature with new grant

UBC-led team to find out how to feed the world while protecting nature with new grant

An international team led by UBC researchers will study five case studies across five continents to model a range of solutions to an urgent question: how can we feed everyone on Earth, and those to come, sustainably?

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, Climate change, food security, Rashid Sumaila, SSHRC, William Cheung

Protecting 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030 would barely impact fisheries

Protecting 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030 would barely impact fisheries

Sea Around Us presents a multi-objective solution that could lead to the protection of 89% of the ocean’s Representative Biodiversity Areas and 89% of threatened species or about 860 species, all while maintaining access to fishing grounds that provide 89% of the global catch.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, Deng Palomares, fisheries management, food security, High Seas, Sea Around Us, Small-scale fisheries, Species distribution, Species extinction

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