UBC biodiversity experts and delegates at COP15

Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)UBC biodiversity experts and delegates at COP15 Media AdvisoriesUBC experts are available to comment on the 15th United Nations biodiversity conference, Conference of the Parties (COP15) which will take place Dec. 7-19 in Montreal. COP15 is the biggest biodiversity conference in a decade and will focus on protecting nature and halting biodiversity loss around the world. COP15 delegatesDr. David R. BoydUN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and EnvironmentAssociate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law,Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainabilityand School of Public Policy and Global AffairsTel: 250-629-9984Email: [email protected] language(s): EnglishClimate, biodiversity, pollution (including plastic)Human rights and environment, environmental justiceDr. Jessica DempseyAssociate Professor, Department of GeographyTel: 778-987-6480Email: [email protected] language(s): EnglishFinancial resources, market mechanisms, history of the Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations, Canadian biodiversity policy, biodiversity reparationsDebt as a driver of biodiversity lossAudrey Irvine-BroqueGraduate student, Department of GeographyTel: 510-907-0956Email: [email protected] language(s): EnglishResource mobilization, historical responsibility for ecosystem lossSovereign debt and austerity as impediments to biodiversity action/funding in the global SouthNature-based solutions and carbon offsets/marketsGBF target 15, on the impact of businesses on biodiversityDr. James LangstonLecturer, Faculty of ForestryCoordinator, Master of International Forestry ProgramEmail: [email protected] language(s): EnglishLeading a group of 11 Master of International Forestry students attending COP15Dr. Juliet LuAssistant Professor, Department of Forest Resources Managementand School of Public Policy and Global AffairsTel: 236-996-5808Email: [email protected] language(s): EnglishChina’s global environmental leadership and role in this COP15* Unavailable on Dec. 7 afternoon and on Dec. 8 and 15Other expertsLea Anderson (she/her)Master’s student, Institute for Resources, Environment and SustainabilityEmail: [email protected] language(s): EnglishYouth empowerment and the role of youth movements in international negotiationsConnections between human wellbeing, the climate-and-ecological crisis, and action for environmental justiceWrote op-ed discussing COP15 impact on CanadiansDr. Peter Arcese (he/him)Tel: 778-350-9295 (text or email first)Email: [email protected] language(s): English, basic SwahiliConservation planning, global trade/markets, private investment in conservation, synergistic outcomes of conservation, human well-being and economyEvolutionary genomics/genetics and the pace of adaptation in response to rapid environmental changePrioritization of multiple species and goals in landscape level conservation regionally and globallyDr. Cole Burton (he/him)Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources ManagementCanada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Terrestrial Mammal ConservationTel: 778-676-4428Email: [email protected] language(s): EnglishProtected areas and wildlife conservation; human-wildlife conflict* Limited availability from Dec. 12 afternoon through Dec. 14Dr. Kai Chan (he/him)Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainabilityand Institute for the Oceans and FisheriesCanada Research Chair, Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesEmail: [email protected] language(s): EnglishBiodiversity-related governanceDr. John S. RichardsonProfessor, Department of Forest and Conservation SciencesTel: 604-822-6586Email: [email protected] language(s): EnglishWater-associated (freshwater and forest) biodiversityServes on Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada’s species specialist committees on arthropods and freshwater fishesJacqueline L. Sunderland-GrovesResearch Scientist, Department of Forest Resources ManagementEmail: [email protected] language(s): English