UBC experts on COP16

Nearly 200 countries are meeting in Colombia this week for the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, which runs until Nov. 1. UBC experts are available to comment on a range of topics.

(He/Him/His)

Canada Research Chair (Tier II, Ocean Sustainability and Global Change), Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Tel: 604-827-3756

Email: w.cheung@oceans.ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Marine biodiversity
  • Marine protected area
  • Climate change
  • Fisheries

* Unavailable Oct. 25 – 30

(She/Her/Hers)

Professor, Dept. of Geography

Email: jessica.dempsey@geog.ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Financial resources, resource mobilization and biodiversity

(She/Her/Hers)

PhD student, UBC Okanagan Dept. of Biology

Cel: 780-887-1799

Email: melanie.dickie@ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Impact of climate change and habitat alteration on woodland caribou and their predators and competitors
Member of the Tahltan Nation
Director, Centre of Indigenous Land Stewardship, Faculty of Forestry

Cel: 250-427-0460

Email: garry.merkel@ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Indigenous stewardship and impacts on conservation and biodiversity
Associate Director, UBC Botanical Garden

Tel: 604-690-5375

Email: tara.moreau@ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Biodiversity conservation
  • Global strategy for plant conservation
  • Food plant diversity and sustainable agriculture
  • Climate-ready gardens and climate adaptation planning
  • Nature-based education and engagement in botanic gardens

* Attending COP16 Oct. 24 – 28.

(He/Him/His)

Professor, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences

Tel: 604-822-6586

Email: john.richardson@ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity
Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Tel: 604-822-0224

Email: r.sumaila@oceans.ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Marine biodiversity
  • Ocean conservation
  • Biological diversity

(He/Him/His)

Professor, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences

Tel: 778-871-6483

Email: terry.sunderland@ubc.ca

Interview languages: English

Expertise:

  • Biodiversity, livelihoods, landscapes, food security, 30 x 30 initiative