On Dec 15, the Province of British Columbia announced new investments through the B.C. Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) to support research infrastructure and innovation across the province. Among the 71 UBC-led projects receiving funding are nine initiatives led by researchers from UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship, spanning forest and conservation sciences, wood science, and forest resources management. These projects address critical challenges such as Indigenous land relationships, ecosystem and climate resilience, wildfire science, sustainable building materials, and zero-carbon construction. The funding strengthens UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship’s research capacity and highlights the faculty’s leadership in advancing solutions for climate change, sustainable natural resource management, and resilient communities in British Columbia and beyond. Congratulations to our researchers on this significant achievement and recognition of their impactful work.
UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship-led projects:
Warren Cardinal-McTeague (Forest and Conservation Sciences)
Indigenous Relationships with Land and Ecosystem Health
Haibo Feng (Wood Science)
Infrastructure for innovative building materials and systems toward zero carbon buildings
Monika Fischer (Forest and Conservation Sciences; Botany)
Fire Fungi Ecology & Genetics Lab
Jennifer Grenz (Forest Resources Management)
Relational Restoration After Climate Event Unit
Jaya Joshi (Wood Science)
Enzyme Evolution for Food, Fuel, and Feedstock
Minghao Li (Wood Science)
Developing laminated engineered wood products using recycled wood
Alex Moore (Forest and Conservation Sciences; Botany)
Coastal Wetland Ecology and Restoration
Gregory Paradis (Forest Resources Management)
Cumulative effects of Climate Change, Anthropogenic and Natural Disturbances on forest Ecosystem Services (CCCANDiES)
Felix Wiesner (Wood Science)
Establishing the Fire Resilience and Wood Ignition Safety Evaluation (FIREWISE Laboratory)