WoRCS Lab

Welcome to the WORCS Lab! The Working to Restore Connectivity and Sustainability research group lead by Dr. Claire Kremen! We work to make changes in landscapes to improve connectivity for wildlife, provide habitat for biodiversity and support nature’s services. 1/n

Joint Environmental & Social Benefits from Diversified Farming Systems: the Berkeley Backstory "...a powerful argument in support of agricultural diversification" -- a blog post by Dr Claire Kremen @clairekremen food.berkeley.edu/from-the-field…

WoRCS lab member Aaron Skinner has won the Killam Doctoral Scholarship!! These funds will help support Aaron's research on bird movement and diversity in silvopastoral systems in Colombia!! Congrats Aaron!! @ASkinnerScience

We have a full schedule of talks and presentations lined up next week @NACCB2024!! Come hear more about our work in BC, Ontario, The Galapagos, Colombia, and Europe!! 🐝🦋🦜🐦🦌👩‍🌾🧑‍🌾 See talk dates, times, and presenters below⬇️

Start @naccb2024 with an interactive exploration of interdisciplinary, inclusive and solutions-oriented conservation science. Led by @ibiosprogram @UBC researchers @clairekremen (@worcslab), @Dr_AlexM (@ICL_UBC), Josephine Gantois & Don Carruthers Den Hoed (@cpcilnews).

Start @naccb2024 with an interactive exploration of interdisciplinary, inclusive and solutions-oriented conservation science. Led by @ibiosprogram @UBC researchers @clairekremen (@worcslab), @Dr_AlexM (@ICL_UBC), Josephine Gantois & Don Carruthers Den Hoed (@cpcilnews).

Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change Featuring lab alum Gaurav Singh-Varma civileats.com/2024/05/06/cha…

Congrats to Aaron Skinner for passing his PhD comprehensive exam!! His project is focusing on bird movement and demography in Colombian silvopastoral systems

Lauren Shea, one of the winning crew of @Row4SaltySci & master’s student at @UBCoceans, recounts the 5K km race across the Atlantic to raise $252,000 for ocean conservation. @toughestrow globalnews.ca/news/10242451/…

New article: Improving wild bee monitoring, sampling methods, and conservation sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

For students around the world who want to study sustainable food 🫘♻️ and the energy transition🔌☀️ this summer... Apply to IRES's VSP courses to come study with us in beautiful Green Vancouver! June: vancouversummerprogram.ubc.ca/course-package… July: vancouversummerprogram.ubc.ca/course-package…

Our graduate program at the frontiers of interdisciplinary environmental science is open for applications until December 15! Please share and encourage all socio-ecological scholars to apply:

Read about WoRCS lab All Star Ilke Geladi in her UBC Graduate Student Profile! grad.ubc.ca/campus-communi…

Check out this @TEDx talk! Conservationists must work with local communities to implement economically viable #conservation solutions. Thanks @FulbrightCol @FulbrightPrgrm @NatureAg @TNC_Colombia @TEDxUBC @selvaorgco @WoRCSLab #ornithology #Sustainability youtube.com/watch?v=osryaO…

👩‍🏫 For RES 509, a course led by Dr. @clairekremen, grad students created 4 knowledge mobilization products that help address biodiversity loss. 🔗 Read more about each product and the course: ires.ubc.ca/courses/course… @WoRCSLab @ibiosprogram

Our lab manager, Tyler Kelly (@therainbowbee) was in Lillooet, BC this weekend talking to nature enthusiasts about native pollinators!

Bee talks at local Vancouver Elementary School! Check out these beautiful photos by Tandem Photography! Lab members Dr. Joséphine Gantois and Tyler Kelly (@therainbowbee)

New paper: Integrative population genetics and metagenomics reveals urbanization increases pathogen loads and decreases connectivity in a wild bee 🐝🦠🏙️congrats and excellent work by @evolkate @faridasamadzada @Evan_Kelemen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

Many congrats to Ilke Geladi (@Ilke_Geladi) for winning the Biology TA Award!! See a highlight of her work in this Teaching Spotlight article!! blogs.ubc.ca/bionews/2023/0…

Congratulations to 2023 Award winners: Grad Student Excellence UBCZool Award: ✨ @MadisonEarhart @BiologyUBC TA's: Award: ✨ Ilke Geladi @ubcires @WoRCSLab Honourable Mentions: ✨Busra Turgu @UBCmedicine ✨Nicole Bison @UBCBotany bit.ly/41fpTQc

After 15 years, the land-sparing and land-sharing debate has found some common ground, yet other questions remain to be resolved. Habitat blocks, surrounded by diversified farming systems will best support biodiversity & sustainable food production: doi.org/10.1016/B978-0…