Project Description
This project focuses on bear-human interactions, particularly in campsites. It aims to encourage bear safe practices among campers. We will assess and compare the effectiveness of economic incentives and behavioural nudges as interventions reducing the prevalence of bear attractants in BC Park campsites.
Research Team: Prof Sumeet Gulati, Prof David Hardisty, Prof Cole Burton, Rumi Naito (Adjunct Faculty), Raunaq Nambiar (Undergraduate)
Land Acknowledgment: We acknowledge that the lands on which we are working are the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Squamish, Katzie, Kwantlen, Soowahlie and Stolo peoples. These lands, now known as Alice Lake, Golden Ears, Cultus Lake, and Chilliwack Lake, have always been places of learning for these nations, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next on this site.
Government and Community Partners: BC Parks
IBioS Members
Cole Burton
Associate Professor
Department of Forest Resources Management, Biodiversity Research Centre
Sumeet Gulati
Professor
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Department of Land and Food Systems
