{"id":10246,"date":"2024-01-12T13:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=10246"},"modified":"2024-01-12T13:20:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:20:01","slug":"ires-seminar-series-thurs-jan-18-with-alberto-campos-and-kushank-bajaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-10246","title":{"rendered":"IRES Seminar Series:  Thurs, Jan 18 with Alberto Campos and Kushank Bajaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Next week\u2019s IRES seminar is in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre:<\/h4>\n<h4>January 18, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Alberto Campos and Kushank Bajaj<\/h4>\n<h4>Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm<\/h4>\n<h4>Location:\u00a0<strong>Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(Basement, 2212 Main Mall).<\/strong>\u00a0Please check in at front desk on main floor before going downstairs.<\/h4>\n<h4>No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.<\/h4>\n<h4>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/u5Ipd-utqTkqGNAEhmpKg7Hn_QgAa4S9y-rk\">here\u00a0<\/a>to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar.<\/h4>\n<h4>Deep rewilding: enhancing the biosphere\u2019s capacity to sustain life<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Talk summary:<\/p>\n<p>Rewilding is emerging as a powerful concept to alleviate the combined extinction and climate crises, by restoring biological complexity to enhance ecological interactions and ecosystem services. I will discuss the need for a broader vision of rewilding that can encompass all kinds of habitats \u2013 from wildlands to agroecosystems to urban habitats \u2013 aiming at \u2018increasing wildness, everywhere\u2019\u00a0for the benefit of all beings. Based on deep ecological theory and recognizing the inherent value of wildlife in regulating and regenerating the biosphere, deep rewilding seeks to develop\u00a0management practices that could recover\u00a0ecosystem\u00a0functions and\u00a0services, using Pleistocene biotic communities that coevolved together for millions of years as inspiration, not as targets. I will argue that there is an important role for deep rewilding in planning and conducting long-term rewilding processes, illustrated by marine and terrestrial examples, and a large-scale experiment in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 Alberto Alves Campos<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>IRES PhD Candidate<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bio:<\/p>\n<p>Alberto is a PhD\u00a0candidate\u00a0in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, supervised by Dr. Kai Chan,\u00a0with a Vanier Canada\u00a0graduate\u00a0scholarship. As a conservation biologist, Alberto co-founded the NGO Aquasis (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquasis.org\/\">www.aquasis.org<\/a>) and worked as its principal Director for nearly 20 years, promoting endangered species and habitat conservation in Brazil. He has received three Conservation Leadership Awards and the prestigious Future for Nature Award. In 2017 Aquasis received the Brazilian National Biodiversity Award for downlisting endangered species in the Brazilian and IUCN red lists, and for the long-term commitment with biodiversity conservation and community engagement.<\/p>\n<h2>Transboundary climate risks of Canada\u2019s fruit and vegetable supply<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Talk summary:<\/p>\n<p>Fruits and vegetables are an\u00a0integral part of a healthy diet. However, ensuring Canadians have sufficient and\u00a0affordable access to fresh produce can be challenging, particularly in an increasingly shock-prone world. Part\u00a0of the challenge arises from Canada\u2019s heavy dependence on international trade\u00a0for its fruit and vegetable supply\u2014a system vulnerable to cascading disruptions. To\u00a0better understand these vulnerabilities, in this study I map the spatially-explicit supply\u00a0chains of 18 fruits and 16 vegetables for Canadian provinces from 2010 to 2022,\u00a0accounting for interprovincial flows. I employ a mass-balance approach,\u00a0drawing on customs-based trade, production, and demand data. Further, by integrating\u00a0these data with future extreme weather indices derived from downscaled and\u00a0bias-corrected ensemble climate models, I discern Canada\u2019s consumption-based\u00a0and cross-border exposure to weather extremes in a warmer world. During this seminar, I will present the methods employed to develop fruit and vegetable flows, describe the supply chains by province and produce, and outline future weather extreme exposures in these supply chains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 Kushank Bajaj<\/strong>,<em>\u00a0IRES PhD Candidate<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bio:<\/p>\n<p>Kushank Bajaj is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia\u2019s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, a Doctoral Fellow with the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, and a Climate Policy Researcher with Generation Squeeze. At UBC, he is supervised by Prof. Navin Ramankutty. Kushank is an interdisciplinary researcher studying sustainable food systems and systemic climate risks. He utilizes data science and data visualization skills combined with a policy-relevant focus. Kushank\u2019s research experience, working in the not-for-profit and government sectors, has trained him to work with diverse datasets and at multiple scales from global to hyper-local.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See you on January 18 in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonnie Leung <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RES Program Support (she\/her\/hers)<\/p>\n<p>Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)<\/p>\n<p>University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory<\/p>\n<p>Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)<\/p>\n<p>Room 429 \u2013 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bonnie.leung@ubc.ca\">bonnie.leung@ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tel: 604-822-9249<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next week\u2019s IRES seminar is in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre: January 18, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Alberto Campos and Kushank Bajaj Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm Location:\u00a0Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre\u00a0(Basement, 2212 Main Mall).\u00a0Please check in at front desk on main floor before going downstairs. 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