IBioS Monthly Newsletter
The IBioS Monthly Newsletter highlights biodiversity related news, journal articles, events, and affiliated IBioS Members.
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Policy Action Group
Following the Canadian Major Projects Zoom event with Mae Price and Alex Barron, IBioS has created a Policy Action Mailing List for future updates on the major projects and other advocacy needs. Sign up to this mailing list by emailing us at info@ibios.ubc.ca
Read the notes from the Major Projects Event here.
September 2026 News Highlights
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With Knowledge Comes Responsibility: Increasing Conservation Scientists’ Impact in a Time of Global Crises
Journal: Conservation Letters (Open Access) Article by Dr. Tara Martin and colleagues.
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Why Do We Feed Wildlife?
IBioS member Dr. David Hardisty discusses how humans justify risk versus reward, and why we should never, ever feed bears Timbits.
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‘Radically different’—what deer overabundance has done to Gulf Island flora
IBioS member Dr. Tara Martin recounts growing up on Salt Spring Island, and how the explosion of deer population in the last 50 years has drastically…
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UBC experts available to comment on B.C. wildfires
UBC experts, including IBioS member Dr. Monika Fischer, comment on the BC wildfires through their different lenses of expertise.
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To swat or not? These scientists suggest we rethink our fear toward insects
IBioS member Dr. Michelle Tseng discusses how our relationship with bugs is built largely on fear, economic damage and medical anxiety, and how to rethink this…
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Storms impact the architecture of webs and the survival of spiders
IBioS member Dr. Leticia Avilés’ study conducted in the Ecuatorian Andes shows how heavy rains damage silk-weaved spider traps and act as a kind of “ecological…
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Decisions on major projects often ignore cultural and social losses
IBioS member Dr. Terre Satterfield and colleague Dr. Robin Gregory discuss the government’s major projects proposal and its impact on communities across Canada.
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Greater international co-operation is needed to achieve the UN’s global forest goals
IBioS members Dr Terry Sunderland and Peter Wood discuss the Global Forest Goals Report 2026, highlighting how governments and policymakers have struggled to take firm action…
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How we can coexist with coyotes, and other lessons from Stanley Park
IBioS member Dr. Sarah Benson-Amram and doctoral candidate Nathan Lewis discuss their new study on contributing factors to aggressive coyote encounters and how to live in…
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The Happiest Way to Fight Climate Change
IBioS Member Dr. Jiaying Zhao and co author discuss their new book Leave the Lights On: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species in the Next…