Efforts to avert climate change and biodiversity loss are profoundly inadequate.Tara Martin explores how we can increase our impact by re-prioritizing how we spend our time and focus our efforts on actions most likely to lead to positive change. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

With Knowledge Comes Responsibility: Increasing Conservation Scientists’ Impact in a Time of Global Crises

The dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss continue despite overwhelming scientific evidence of their impacts on human well-being and planetary health. Those of us working in the fields ...

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Join IBioS in congratulating Dr. Claire Kremen for being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, one of the highest honours recognizing outstanding scholarly, scientific, and artistic achievement in Canada! 🍁🌳 research.ubc.ca/news/septemb...

Congratulations to Drs. Colin Brauner, Claire Kremen and Xin Li on being named fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. They join over 60 Faculty of Science researchers recognized by the RSC since 2000. @src-rsc.bsky.social @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @zoology.ubc.ca science.ubc.ca/news/2026-09...

Science researchers honoured by RSC

New fellows are leading experts on sustainable agriculture, fish adaption and plant immune response.

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With a powerful El Niño forecast for this winter — on top of an ongoing marine heat wave — center staff fear the months ahead could bring an influx of blubbery patients. www.latimes.com/environment/...

El Niño could bring waves of starving sea lion pups to California beaches. It's happened before

As El Niño and a marine heatwave threaten mass strandings along California beaches, the release of one rescued seal pup offers a window into the possible crisis.

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Tara Martin @ibiosprogram.bsky.social says "current efforts to avert the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are profoundly inadequate" and asks "how are we, ... in conservation and ecology responding?" conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

With Knowledge Comes Responsibility: Increasing Conservation Scientists’ Impact in a Time of Global Crises

The dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss continue despite overwhelming scientific evidence of their impacts on human well-being and planetary health. Those of us working in the fields ...

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Professor Claire Kremen has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, one of the highest honours recognizing outstanding scholarly achievement in Canada. We are so pleased to share the news, and hope you'll join us in congratulating Claire! science.ubc.ca/news/2026-09...

Peter Wallace has been fishing these waters for nearly 50 years, carrying on a family legacy that dates back to 1917, when his grandfather purchased a lobster licence for 25 cents. These days, that piece of paper would cost someone new to fishing about $1 million. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Soaring licence costs drive fishermen into questionable financing deals | CBC News

Fishing associations are concerned that the independence and profitability of Atlantic inshore fishing are at risk because of where fishermen are getting the money they need to operate.

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Canada’s last epishelf lake drained into the Arctic Ocean following the 2020 breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf and will not recover, a new study confirms. Read more: news.ubc.ca/2026/09/stud...

Study confirms permanent loss of Canada’s last Arctic epishelf lake - UBC News

Loss of the millennia-old ecosystem shows that even the Arctic's projected last ice refuge is vulnerable to rapid change.

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Climate change may dramatically increase tree pest and disease pressure across much of North America by mid-century, according to a UBC-led study. Researchers mapped where risks are expected to grow and how forests could change. Read more ⤵️ news.ubc.ca/2026/09/how-...

Farewell black spruce? How climate change and pests are reshaping North America’s forests

More than 80 per cent of North American forests could face greater threats from pests and diseases by mid-century, finds UBC-led study

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Each year across the globe, tens of millions of sharks are hunted down, only to have their fins sliced off and their bodies thrown back into the ocean, often left to die an agonizing death. You can help save them by pledging to protect them today: hwfa.link/bs090226

Think "do more of" rather than "stop doing". Instead of saying, "Eat less meat," say, "Eat more plants." When it comes to changing our climate habits, actions that make us feel better are more likely to be repeated. www.forbes.com/sites/kevink...

🧑‍🔬 The Scientist | The Science 🔬 Taylor Moon, Geophysics In this series we are showcasing some of the incredible graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the EOAS department, along with a taste of what they're working on right now.

SFU is hosting the upcoming APRU Food Security & Agritech Conference (October 5–7, 2026)...and the conference features panel discussions by IRES’s own Hannah Wittman and alum Sarah-Louise Ruder! Register now at www.sfu.ca/internationa...

🌲 "Non-native and invasive #tree species are abundant in neotropical secondary #forest but decline over time" @naomibschwartz.bsky.social and colleagues discuss "Non-native and invasive species compromise the recovery of native forests after disturbance." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Learn more about how "Semi-Natural #Habitats Buffer the Effects of #Crop #Diversification on Arthropod Pest Control Services in #Agricultural Landscapes." From IBioS Member Matthew Mitchell and colleagues here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ecosystems #biodiversity

"More people in the park meant more encounters, and evidence suggests this increased the rate at which the coyotes habituated to human presence" Read about Dr. Benson-Amram's and colleagues' findings on human-coyote interaction in this media article 🌳 science.ubc.ca/news/2026-07...

How we can coexist with coyotes, and other lessons from Stanley Park

Lessons from the unprecedented Stanley Park coyote attacks reveal why conflict happens—and what people can do to safely coexist with urban wildlife.

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"How humans justify risk versus reward, and why we should never, ever feed #bears Timbits." Read more about how feeding #wildlife can cause health problems for #animals, featuring Dr. David Hardisty thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

Why Do We Feed Wildlife? | The Tyee

How humans justify risk versus reward, and why we should never, ever feed bears Timbits.

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IBioS member Dr. Cole Burton and colleagues ask whether forestry clearcuts are ecological traps for caribou in the following study 🦌 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Are forestry clearcuts ecological traps for caribou? - Landscape Ecology

Context Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) declines are linked to increased predation facilitated by industrial land-use changes, including logging, through mechanisms such as disturbance-me...

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A study by IBioS member Dr. Kayla King and colleagues, "Transmission heterogeneity emerges from uncoupled parasite shedding and spreading" www.cell.com/current-biol...

Transmission heterogeneity emerges from uncoupled parasite shedding and spreading

Silva et al. show that disease transmission emerges from multiple ecological bottlenecks rather than a single host trait. Separating parasite shedding from downstream infection success reveals why hos...

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A study by IBioS member Dr. Rashid Sumaila and colleagues share Dr. Rosemary E. Ommer’s multi-generational contributions to marine social-ecological systems thinking academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

A study by IBioS member Dr. Claire Kremen "investigate how landscape-scale agricultural management and bumble bee community composition shape microparasite prevalence across an intensification gradient in southwestern British Columbia" www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179126000460

Agricultural intensification shapes community composition and parasite prevalence of native but not introduced bumble bees

Bumble bees are important pollinators of crops and native plants, yet face widespread declines linked to agricultural intensification and parasite pre…

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A recent study by IBioS member Dr. Shannon Hagerman looks at how "distinct forms of expertise and authority materialize and are co-produced in the context of wildfire response and recovery." www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901126001206?via%3Dihub

The politics and co-production of knowledge in Indigenous wildfire management

In settler colonial countries such as Canada, increasing recognition of Indigenous rights and attention to Indigenous fire stewardship systems are res…

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A study by IBioS member Dr. Diane Srivastava evaluated the impact of rainfall amount and frequency on freshwater multidiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in contrasting environments". royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article/381/1953/20240392/482267/Climate-impacts-on-the-multidiversity

Exciting new postdoc opportunity at @UBC via @ibiosprogram! The Collaborative Conservation Leadership program seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to lead partner-engaged conservation research & train future leaders. Full details below. Apply by May 30 👇 ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...

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Canada’s biggest sustainable forest label has a clear-cutting problem

Environmental groups allege that a popular forest certification system built by industry amounts to greenwashing

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"This ability to flexibly problem-solve and optimize information foraging may be beneficial for this flourishing urban mammal." (Raccoons) 🦝 Read the full article written by IBioS Member Dr. Sarah Benson-Amram and colleagues here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Raccoons optimally forage for information: exploration–exploitation trade-offs in innovation

Animals in rapidly changing environments, such as cities, should optimize information gathering to learn about and efficiently forage in these heterog…

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"Trump ditched the bedrock of US climate action — experts caution Canada not to follow suit" This article quotes IBioS Member Dr. David Boyd about the Trump administration's move to gut the bedrock of US #climate legislation last week. Read more here: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/n...

Trump ditched the bedrock of US climate action — experts caution Canada not to follow suit

The Trump administration's move to gut the bedrock of US climate legislation last week presents Canada with an inevitable choice: lower our standards to meet theirs and remain competitive in North Ame...

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"Free rein: Are feral horses competing with native ungulates in British Columbia?" IBioS Member @coleburton.bsky.social and colleagues address the role of feral species in #wildlife declines and #ecosystem degradation in the following article: wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

TWS Journals

We investigated little-studied feral horses in west-central British Columbia, Canada, as a potential competitor for native moose and mule deer. We did not find strong evidence that feral horses exclu...

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Learn more about how "management of cumulative effects from multiple pressures is a key challenge to achieving thriving #watersheds for #salmon and people." From IBioS Member @taragmartin.bsky.social and colleagues here: www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.... #ecosystems #biodiversity

Assessing cumulative effects to support Indigenous-led ecosystem-based management in salmon watersheds

The management of cumulative effects from multiple pressures is a key challenge to achieving thriving watersheds for salmon and people. We documented and mapped cumulative effects across salmon waters...

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A group of conservation NGOs have asked European Commissioner for #Fisheries and #Oceans Costas Kadis to crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (#IUU) #fishing by implementing digital controls. www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...

NGOs urge European fisheries commissioner to stand behind digital controls to fight IUU fishing

A group of conservation NGOs have asked European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis to crack down on IUU fishing

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