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Seven Forestry Projects Receive Grants as Part of Major, Nation-Wide Investment in Research

Seven UBC Forestry faculty members have been awarded grants from highly competitive federal research funding programs.

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Feng Jiang - New Frontiers Research Funding

Feng Jiang & Partners Project: Developing Artificial Trees for Extreme Weather-Resilient Cities Awarded New Frontiers in Research Funding

UBC Professor, Feng Jiang, and his project partners are among the researchers awarded funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

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Garry Merkel - honorary doctorate

UBC Forestry Celebrates Dr Garry Merkel

UBC Faculty of Forestry extends a warm congratulations to Garry Merkel for receiving an honorary doctorate in recognition of the remarkable contributions he has made to advance the culturally relevant education and economic self-determination of Indigenous peoples.

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Commonwealth Forestry Conference

Commonwealth Forestry Conference

August 16, 2021 Multi-Day

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Join us at the Twentieth Commonwealth Forestry Conference in August 2021. Share your view on the future of forests and people. Register today!

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Branchlines

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Welcome to Branchlines, a quarterly publication from the Faculty of Forestry. Featuring important news, engaging articles, exciting research, and more! Want to stay informed? Check out our current issue of Branchlines to find out what is happening in forestry and conservation, in BC and beyond.

Spring 2021

Latest Issue - Spring 2021

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Check out our Spring 2021 Branchlines, Volume 32. This edition looks at UBC Forestry’s first-ever virtual Commonwealth Forestry Conference, reconciliation through restoration, genomics in society, and cellulose as a material of the future. Want to learn more? Read on!

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Old-growth Douglas-fir forest, taken from Cathedral Grove in BC

Genomics in Society: Multimedia Online Resources

Genomics in Society is a collaborative initiative to develop online educational materials tailored to BC high school students.

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UBC logo made by 3D printing cellulose, as part of new research from UBC Forestry

Cellulose is the Material of the Future

UBC researchers have developed a cellulose ink for 3D printing, with the potential to replace plastics in various applications.

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Salmon underwater in the Fraser River Estuary

Fraser River Estuary in Need of Urgent Intensive Care

There are 102 species at risk in the Fraser River estuary, but it’s not too late to save them. New conservation research can help solve this.

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