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Home / 2021 / June / 03 / UBCO experts on UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration

UBCO experts on UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration

June 3, 2021

The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration designation is intended to raise awareness of the importance of protecting and reviving ecosystems around the world for insects, plants animals and all other forms of life on the planet.

The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration designation is intended to raise awareness of the importance of protecting and reviving ecosystems around the world for insects, plants animals and all other forms of life on the planet.

Researchers offer ideas to reimagine, recreate and restore our relationship with the environment 

On World Environment Day (June 5), the United Nations will officially announce that the years 2021 to 2030 will be designated the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. This global designation is intended to raise awareness of the importance of protecting and reviving ecosystems around the world and moving toward a sustainable future.

UBCO experts are available to comment on how to restore and protect ecosystems, rewild gardens and create sustainable consumer behaviour to help achieve a greener relationship with the environment.

Ecosystem restoration

Dr. Adam Ford 
Assistant Professor, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Restoration Ecology

  • Wildlife connectivity and road ecology
  • Human-wildlife conflict
  • Restoring wild food security
  • Indigenous-led restoration

Dr. Karen Hodges
Professor, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science

  • Post-fire and post-logging ecosystem restoration
  • Grassland restoration 

Nancy Holmes
Associate Professor, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

  • Using art to raise awareness of wild pollinators: Border Free Bees
  • Empowering communities to engage in solutions for habitat loss
  • Transforming urban sites into pollinator pastures 

Dr. Bob Lalonde
Associate Professor, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science

  • Strategies to improve insect diversity in an urban setting

Dr. Astrida Neimanis
Associate Professor, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • Water, wetland and oceans restoration
  • Human imagination of and relationships to damaged ecosystems
  • Arts-sciences collaborations on restoration

Dr. Rebecca Tyson
Professor, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science

  • Restoring agricultural landscapes for wild bees

Waste management

Dr. Cigdem Eskicioglu and Dr. Abbas S. Milani
Professors, School of Engineering

  • Development of biodegradable single-use surgical gloves

Sustainable building practices

Dr. Lukas Bichler
Associate Professor, School of Engineering

  • Clean energy technology
  • Sustainable batteries

Dr. Solomon Tesfamariam
Professor, School of Engineering

  • Management of aging infrastructure
  • Building with sustainable products such as tall timber 

Sustainable living

Dr. Aleksandra Dulic
Associate Professor, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

  • Media for social change
  • Sustainable water practices
  • Human-water relationships in the Okanagan
  • Indigenous-led restoration initiatives 

Dr. Annamma Joy
Professor, Faculty of Management

  • Pollution generated by wine and fashion industries
  • Wine and fashion industry sustainability

Dr. Nathan Pelletier
Assistant Professor, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science and Faculty of Management
NSERC/Egg Farmers of Canada Industrial Research Chair in Sustainability

  • Agricultural practices that rebuild healthy soil
  • Ecological impact of food production

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Tel: 250 807 8470
E-mail: christine.zeindler@ubc.ca

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