Nature Conservancy of Canada
Conservation Planning and Policy
Carleton University
Biology
Our current project is on modernizing the Nature Conservancy of Canada's (NCC) conservation prioritization methods. The primary focus of this work is to help NCC optimally allocate sparse conservation funds, pinpointing actions such as land acquisition and management that can provide the maximum biodiversity benefits within limited budgets. We propose to implement two sets of tools into the platform we will develop: Systematic Reserve Acquisition Prioritization tools and Tools aimed at optimizing stewardship decisions.
University of British Columbia
For my PhD I investigated systematic conservation planning in human-dominated landscapes and developed novel techniques to maximize efficiency in biodiversity conservation via carbon sequestration and land management. This work provided guidelines to successfully fund conservation investments and highlighted their potential benefits and shortfalls.
University of British Columbia
Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Web application development for the Marxan conservation planning software
Application and extension of PhD thesis methods to regional and local government levels
The Nature Trust of British Columbia
Cross-boundary Planning for Resilience and Restoration of Endangered Oak Savannah and Coastal Douglas-fir Forest Ecosystems
Tax shifting as an option for funding conservation initiatives
Species distribution model performance using multiple modelling techniques and variable types
Relative Ecological Assessment Tool updates for TNTBC
Carleton University
November 2016
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December 2019
department of biology
Project: Combining full annual cycle population models and conservation optimization to address population declines of migratory birds in Canada.
Primary mentor institutions: Carleton University (Dr. Joseph Bennett), Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Dr. Amanda Rodewald), Environment Canada (Dr. Scott Wilson), Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (Dr. Peter Marra), Boreal Songbird Initiative (Dr. Jeff Wells)
