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Wildlife Ecosystem Resilience in the Context of Climate Change: A Kootenay Case Study with Rod Davis

Presenter: 
Rod Davis
When: 
September 21, 2016 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Where: 

Room 002, University House 1, UVic
2489 Sinclair Rd.
Victoria , BC
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The Kootenay Region of British Columbia is an important landscape connection for wildlife diversity in the Yellowstone to Yukon ecoregional corridor. Significant conservation efforts have provided substantial areas designated to protect wildlife ecosystems in this area. Yet climate change and on-going human development threaten the future resilience of these ecosystems. In light of this complex problem, the goal of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of current wildlife conservation policy mechanisms, their potential vulnerability in the face of climate change, and governance obstacles and stakeholder support for policy adaptations. In particular, the research undertakes to understand how renewal of conservation design practice might inform contemporary debates on conservation approaches to mitigate climate change impacts on wildlife ecosystems.

About the speaker:Rod Davis retired from the provincial government in 2007 after 35 years working on fish and wildlife conservation, forest and range practices, land use planning, and environmental protection, among other things. He completed his PhD at the University of Victoria in 2015, where his research focused on socio-ecological dimensions of climate change and wildlife ecosystem conservation. Rod works as an independent consultant specializing in resource and environmental policy and practice, and he was recently appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at UVic. He is the current Chair of the Managed Forest Council which regulates forest practices under the Private Managed Forest Lands Act, and he is a Professional Agrologist.