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UBC Faculty of Forestry > Human Health

Human Health

The Rise of Urban Forestry

June 12, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, the need for green spaces and sustainable urban ecosystems becomes crucial. Explore how urban forestry professionals work to protect and maintain urban parks, natural areas, and tree canopies in the face of climate change and land-use challenges.

Posted in: Branchlines Articles, Highlights, Urban Forestry Featured
Tagged with: Climate Change, Community, Data Analysis, Human Health, Landscape Modelling, Mental Health, Nature, Research, Sustainability, Urban Forestry, Urban Greenspace, Wellbeing, Wildlife

Dr. Ingrid Jarvis Receives UBC Distinguished Dissertation Prize and Nominated to CAGS/ProQuest DDA

May 25, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

Congratulations to Dr. Ingrid Jarvis on receiving the UBC Distinguished Dissertation Prize and CAGS/ProQuest DDA nomination! Explore her groundbreaking research on the link between urban natural environments, human health, and childhood development.

Posted in: Awards, Research Awards
Tagged with: Awards, Distinguished Dissertation Prize, Graduate, Greenspace, Human Health, PhD, Urban Forestry, Urban Greenspace

Our internet addiction is destroying our ability to combat the climate crisis: An Earth Day Q&A with Hamish van der Ven

April 19, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

The internet is firmly embedded in human life, but we need to consider its rising physical and non-physical costs to the environment and our ability to address climate change. That’s according to Dr. Hamish van der Ven, assistant professor in the UBC Department of Wood Science, whose lab investigates how technology impacts the great sustainability […]

Posted in: News
Tagged with: Climate Action, Climate Change, Earth Day, Environment, Human Health, Nature, Research

Shin, Won Sop

April 17, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

Adjunct Professor
DEPARTMENT
Forest Resources Management

Posted in: Adjunct Professors, Faculty Profiles
Tagged with: Forest Medicine, Human Health

Faculty of Forestry Co-Leading UBC Research Excellence Cluster – Climate Change Health Effects, Adaptation and ResiLience Network (HEAL)

March 14, 2022 | Author: UBC Forestry

Assistant Professor Lorien Nesbitt is co-leading the Climate Change Health Effects, Adaptation and ResiLience (HEAL) network, one of 40 university-wide research excellence clusters that recently received funding under UBC’s Research Excellence Clusters Initiative.

Posted in: News, Research
Tagged with: Biodiversity, Climate Adaptation, Climate Change, Human Health, Mental Health, Nature, Research, Research Grants, Sustainability, Urban Forestry

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