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We are pausing activity on this platform but you can still find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and now on Bluesky at bsky.app/profile/forestry.ub…!🌿
In a UBC study concerning the predictions and recommendations of forest fires, co-author and #UBCForestry professor @LoriDanielsUBC, discusses our relationship with these changing landscapes. 🔥
Read via @globalnews: bit.ly/4g7Czic
Speaking to the guidelines and expenses of fire-proofing B.C. homes, #UBCForestry's Felix Wiesner shares his thoughts on the ongoing crisis resulting from the California wildfires.🔥
Read more: bit.ly/3WnKild
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Saturday #mycological finds in #vancouver #pacificspiritpark: Exidiopsis effusa, a wood decay crust #fungus that grows ice wool and a bird’s nest fungus with its “eggs”, peridioles, visible inside the nest, where the spores are produced.
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👉 En la Universidad de British Columbia, hubo reuniones con @UBCForestry y @ubcscience, Global Partnerships y la vicerrectora de Investigación e Innovación, Gale Murphy.
Además, se llevó a cabo una recepción junto al Cónsul General de Chile en BC, Allan Nahum.
@forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky retweeted
To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, we invite our @UBC community to register for the Black Excellence in STEM Speaker Series.
This student-led initiative highlights the remarkable contributions of #STEM leaders. More info: bit.ly/40oVoI9.
@ubcscience @ubcLFS @UBCForestry
With extreme conditions fostering more intense wildfires bordering BC and the Yukon, a study led by #UBCForestry's Weiwei Wang investigates the ecological impact on these burned regions.🔥
Read more: bit.ly/4fZ3ixE
B.C. researchers are developing a sustainable, high-end textile from lumber.
Feng Jiang, #UBCForestry's Canada Research Chair in sustainable biomaterials, is collaborating with @KwantlenU on the project. 👕 👔
Read more: bit.ly/3PCdLEp 🔗
Felix Wiesner, an expert in fire safety engineering at #UBCForestry, discusses wildfire protection in BC communities amidst 10 dead and 20,000+ displaced from five major wildfires raging in L.A. County.
Watch via @globalnews: bit.ly/4fYQasi 🔗
Last summer, #UBCForestry Forest Resources Management student Benedict Roeser travelled to Finland for an internship with Metsähallitus!🇫🇮
He shares his experience participating in a prescribed burn, operating a single-grip harvester, and more: bit.ly/40ACYp8
T#UBCForestry's fire ecologist Kira Hoffman says strong winds and limited aircraft support were critical factors in the escalation of the California wildfires.
Watch via @CBC: bit.ly/3DQynGh
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NEW PAPER 📢 Detection of disturbances using Harmonized #Landsat #Sentinel2 time series
#OpenAccess🔓: doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.… (in @ISPRS)
✍️@MadiSophiaBrown Coops (@IRSS_UBC) Mulverhill, @AlexisAchim
💰@NSERC_CRSNG #Silva21
@UBCForestry #remotesensing #forestdisturbances
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Líl̓wat Forestry Ventures is set to engage in a collaborative project with the the University of British Columbia’s Master of Sustainable Forest Management Program from January 20 to 24.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5epwrp3n
ALT Led by Dr. Ken Byrne, Registered Professional Forester (RPF), Lecturer, and Coordinator for the MSFM Program at UBC, 21 students will visit Mount Currie and the Pemberton area to develop a landscape-level forest management plan centred around key themes such as cultural burning and commercial thinning.
As wildfires rage through residential regions in California, #UBCForestry's Felix Wiesner emphasizes the issue of inadequate building standards in British Columbia, in light of increasingly hazardous wildfire seasons.🔥
Via @CTVVancouver: bit.ly/40fWBkN
New wildfire research led by #UBCForestry and UBCO, in collaboration with TRU, SFU and expert fire practitioners, highlights six strategies to boost resilience, from diversifying responses to transforming governance.
Read: bit.ly/4hhOc7t 🔗
Join us for #UBCForestry’s Professional Master’s Panel Discussion to discover programs in climate adaptation, forest carbon management, and geomatics & hear from program directors during a live panel!
📆 Jan 16, 2025
⏰ 11 AM PST
📍Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/49NiXi4
Amidst three recently broken climate records, Dr. @LoriDanielsUBC, a wildfire expert from #UBCForestry, highlights wildfires' significant impact on climate change.🔥
Read more: bit.ly/4j2S91z 🔗
Join us on Jan 14, 4–5 PM (PST) for an online info session on #UBCForestry’s Bachelor of Indigenous Land Stewardship program.🌿
Learn about land healing, and reconciliation, and join the live Q&A.🎙️
Register now: forestry.ubc.ca/events/bache… 🔗
Research led by #UBCForestry's Dr. Guangyu Wang predicts more severe wildfires in the future, speaking to the implications for fire management and preparedness.
Read more: bit.ly/4jcN8Dq 🔗