Here’s a look at UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship in the media throughout December 2025.
December 3, 2025
Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods
Samadhee Kaluarachchi, Younes Alila
The Conversation
December 4, 2025
Opinion: Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods
Samadhee Kaluarachchi, Younes Alila
North Shore News, Vancouver is Awesome, Phys.org, UN DRR
Cleaner rayon fiber production cuts solvent use by up to 70%
Feng Jiang, Huayu Liu
Phys.org, Yarns and Fibers, MirageNews
Empathy erosion is the latest weapon in the anti-logging arsenal
‘Forestry in Flux’: Reimagining B.C.’s Forests
Alice Palmer for Resource Works
December 5, 2025
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Richard Hamelin
National Observer, Victoria Now, The Hamilton Spectator
December 9, 2025
UBC develops ‘cleaner way’ to produce rayon-type fibres
Feng Jiang, Huayu Liu
Ecotextile News, Environmental News Network
Warming winters and Christmas tree choices
Sally Aitken
CTV News Vancouver
December 11, 2025
UBC researchers develop cleaner way to make rayon-type fibres
Feng Jiang, Huayu Liu
Canadian Biomass
December 12, 2025
Conversations That Matter: Trees, genomics and climate
Sally Aitken
Conversations That Matter, distributed by the Vancouver Sun
The Battle of Baker Beach
Tara Martin
Courthouse News Service
December 13, 2025
Deer are destroying B.C. island ecosystems. Indigenous hunting could be the solution
Tara Martin
Stacker, Miami Herald, Idaho Statesman and more
December 13, 2025
Dealing with the aftermath of Fraser Valley flooding
Tara Martin
Global News
‘Really challenging issue’: Many B.C. communities still at high risk for flooding
Tara Martin
Global News
Calls to return Sumas Prairie to Sumas Lake amid flooding challenges
Tara Martin
Global News
December 14, 2025
Flood Threat Persists Across Parts of B.C. as Communities Remain on High Alert
Tara Martin
National Times
December 16, 2025
Ottawa to launch softwood lumber task force in the new year
Harry Nelson
Global News
UBC researchers discover way to reduce harsh chemicals in manufacturing rayon
Feng Jiang, Huayu Liu
Vancouver Sun
December 17, 2025
How does the wood wide web and tree communication work?
Suzanne Simard
Olhar Digital
December 19, 2025
‘Two-headed hydra’ worsens regional flooding
Younes Alila
Salish Current, Post Alley: Seattle
December 21, 2025
The Christmas tree industry is diversifying in British Columbia
Sally Aitken
CBC: Radio-Canada
December 22, 2025
Greener Bus Stops Help People Beat Heat
Melissa McHale, Logan Steinharter
Mirage News, Earth.com
December 23, 2025
Myth and the reality of annual allowable cut in BC forests
Younes Alila
Castanet News
December 24, 2025
Restoring an ancient lake to adapt to climate change
Tara Martin
CBC: Radio-Canada, CBC Vancouver
December 26, 2025
UBC officials join forces to create a new blueprint for the “Maple Leaf UBC Direct Admission Program”
Robert Kozak, Guangyu Wang
China Business Net
December 30, 2025
How Green Roofs Make Us Feel Cooler, the Surprising Science
Melissa McHale
MeD India
December 31, 2025
Out of the Greenhouse and Into the Madhouse: the Year in Climate Politics
Lori Daniels
CounterPunch