Project Description
This project explores increasing carbon sequestration and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Canadian agriculture through the planting of perennial vegetation. It emphasizes the ecological and social benefits of connecting habitat edges in agricultural landscapes for biodiversity, carbon mitigation and productivity.
Research Team: Prof Risa Sargent, Prof Juli Carrillo, Prof Frederik Noack, Prof Hannah Wittman, Prof Juliet Lu, Prof Josephine Gantois, Prof Claire Kremen, Prof Jeanine Rhemtulla, Prof Naomi Schwartz, Prof Renee Prasad (U of the Fraser Valley), Prof Chelsea Little (Simon Fraser U), Prof Alexandra Lyon (Kwantlen Polytechnic U)
Academic Partners: Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Simon Fraser University, University of the Fraser Valley
Funding Partners: Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC)
Government and Community Partners: Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust, Rivershed Society of British Columbia, BC Investment Agriculture Foundation, Nature United, BC Berries, Farmers for Climate Solutions, BC Blueberry Council, Government of British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Food
IBioS Members
Juli Carrillo
Assistant Professor
Applied Biology, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Biodiversity Research Centre
Risa Sargent
Associate Professor
Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Land and Food Systems, Biodiversity Research Centre
Claire Kremen
Professor
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Biodiversity Research Centre, Department of Zoology
President’s Excellence Chair in Biodiversity
Juliet Nadeau Lu
Assistant Professor
Department of Forest Management, School for Public Policy and Global Affairs
Jeanine Rhemtulla
Associate Professor
Department of Forest and Conservation Science, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Joséphine Gantois
Assistant Professor
Incoming 2023
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Department of Land and Food Systems
Hannah Wittman
Professor
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Land and Food Systems, Biodiversity Research Centre