Nehru Humanitarian Graduate Scholarship Awardee
The Wildlife Conservation and Economics Lab is pleased to announce that our very own Raahil Madhok is the current recipient of the Nehru Humanitarian Graduate Scholarship in Indian Studies, generously made available by the Goel Family. His work, which was recently highlighted in our Getting to Know the Lab blog series focuses on the relationship […]
Getting to Know Our Lab – Raahil Madhok
Hailing from Toronto, Ontario, Raahil Madhok is a current PhD candidate with the Wildlife Conservation and Economics Lab studying relationships between human activity and the environment. In one main project, he is estimating species diversity losses, and associated costs, from infrastructure expansion in India’s forests using a novel dataset of 10 million bird sightings from the […]
SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Environmental Economic Seminar (FRE500/600)
The UBC Environmental Economics Seminar takes place every Wednesday from 3 pm to 4 pm PST online. Please fill out this form if you are interested in joining the seminar or in presenting your own research. Below is the schedule for our fall 2020 presentations. Date Presenter Topic 2020-09-09 Christopher Costello (UCSB), Vadim Marmer (UBC), […]
Getting to Know Our Lab: Dr. Frederik Noack
Dr. Frederik Noack is an assistant professor and the co-lead of the Wildlife Conservation and Economics Laboratory at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Hailing originally from Germany, Dr. Noack received his PhD. In Economics from the University of Kiel before moving to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to work with the Center for International Forestry Research. […]
NEW: Human-Wildlife Conflict Articles – Dr. Sumeet Gulati
Co lab PI Dr. Sumeet Gulati recently published two articles at Down to Earth in relation to his work in human-wildlife conflict. Find abstracts and links to the full articles below. Dr. Gulati gives first-hand insight into human-wildlife conflict in India, specifically in relation to rural farmers. The article follows the journeys of subsistence […]
Getting to Know Our Lab: Dr. Sumeet Gulati
Dr. Sumeet Gulati, an environmental economist, shares the role of Principal Investigator of the Wildlife Conservation and Economics Laboratory, with Dr. Frederik Noack. Sumeet was born and raised in India, and moved to North America in 1996. He holds a Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, a Ph.D. In Agricultural and Environmental […]
Engagement with Nature During COVID in India
1 Overview India went into strict lockdown on March 25th, 2020 due to COVID-19 restricting its population to their homes. All non-essential transport, schools, industries, and hospitality services were suspended. While the poor have suffered–especially migrant workers unable to travel home–this has also been a time of respite for the relatively privileged. It is hoped that […]
Getting to Know Our Lab: Timothy George Mcburney-Lin
Question 1: What is your position at the Wildlife and Conservation Economics Lab and what does that entail? I work as the GIS specialist for the wildlife conservation lab, finding, handling and analyzing geospatial data for all the projects whenever necessary. Question 2: What are you currently working on? I am currently working on a vegetation […]
Chum Salmon in the SRKW Range
Chum salmon in the SRKW range By Mikaela Gerwing Summary: We look at data for Chum salmon in six major regions of the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) range, and also Fitz Hugh Sound, an important part of Northern Resident Killer Whales (NRKW) range. We use and synthesize data from the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation […]
Chinook salmon in the SRKW range
Summary: We look at data for Chinook salmon in six major regions of the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) range, and also Fitz Hugh Sound, an important part of Northern Resident Killer Whales (NRKW) range. We use and synthesize data from the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), the Pacific Salmon […]