Posts Tagged ‘Faculty of Forestry’
May. 1, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: Faculty of Forestry, learning, studentlife, sustainability
Carlos Molina arrived from Spain to be among the first Master’s of Sustainable Forest Management graduates
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Mar. 26, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: Christopher Keeling, economic, environment, Faculty of Forestry, forest industry, Forestry, Genome, Joerg Bohlmann, Michael Smith, Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, mountain pine beetle, sequence, sustainability
The genome of the mountain pine beetle – the insect that has devastated B.C.’s lodgepole pine forests – has been decoded by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre.
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Mar. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: Aboriginal, Dept. of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, indigenous people, international, Janette Bulkan, land, sustainability
New UBC Prof. Janette Bulkan will focus on the issues facing indigenous and community forestry
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Mar. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories, University News | Tags: cities, Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning, Development and Alumni Engagement, Faculty of Forestry, forest, Sara Barron, stephen sheppard, sustainability, trees, urban forestry, urban planning
Future Forests Fellowship winner Sara Barron will study the impact of nature on suburbia
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Feb. 17, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: carbon dioxide, climate change, conservation, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, greenhouse gas emission, john richardson, nature geoscience, ponds, predators, research, streams, sustainability, trisha atwood
University of British Columbia researchers have found that when the animals at the top of the food chain are removed, freshwater ecosystems emit a lot more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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Feb. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: bioenergy, Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning, David Flanders, facilities, Faculty of Forestry, forest fires, forests, heat, rural, sustainability, wood waste
For B.C. communities considering investing in a bioenergy heating system, it can be expensive and time-consuming to weigh the pros and cons.
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Apr. 5, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: ambergris, cosmetics, environment, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Science, FoS, fragrance, Genome BC, Genome Canada, genomics, Michael Smith Laboratories, perfume, sperm whales, sustainability
University of British Columbia researchers have identified a gene in balsam fir trees that could facilitate cheaper and more sustainable production of plant-based fixatives and scents used in the fragrance industry and reduce the need for ambergris, a substance harvested from whale barf.
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Sep. 21, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: Botany, carl douglas, Faculty of Forestry, forest, Genome BC, Genome Canada, genomic, Joerg Bohlmann, lindsay eltis, Microbiology and Immunology, sally aitken, shawn masnfield, sustainability, william mohn
The University of British Columbia welcomed the announcement of $32.6 million in funding from Genome Canada and Genome BC for four research projects aimed at making Canada’s forests healthier and more economically productive.
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