A Climate Change Tool to Select Plant Seeds for Resilience in California
To contribute to effective biodiversity conservation under climate change, the University of California, Berkeley, has developed the new spatial tool Seeds of Change to help parks and protected areas in California select plant seeds for resilience to climate change.
Preventing Loss of Animal Species under Human-Caused Climate Change
Dr. Patrick Gonzalez, climate change scientist, forest ecologist, and Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity, discusses climate change science, animal species extinctions, and energy conservation and efficiency solutions, in the May 14, 2024 issue of Parks Stewardship Forum.
Parks Stewardship Forum Examines Indigenous Communities and Protected Area Management
Parks Stewardship Forum is an open-access publication for conservation professionals, co-published by the University of California, Berkeley, Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity and the George Wright Society.
UC Berkeley Institute for Parks assists U.S. National Park Service training workshop
UC Berkeley Institute for Parks scientists Patrick Gonzalez and Arthur Middleton assisted in the U.S. National Park Service Pacific West Region Natural Resource Stewardship Training Workshop.
Fostering Indigenous Co-Stewardship of Public Lands
A two-day event held last month convened Tribal leaders, Indigenous culture bearers, academics, and public land management agencies to focus on pathways to substantive, long-term co-stewardship agreements.
Indigenous Co-Stewardship of Public Lands Event
The UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity collaborated with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California Biodiversity Network, East Bay Regional Park District, California Natural Resources Agency, and other partners on an event to bring together Indigenous resource managers and government agencies, February 21-22, 2024.
Climate Change Assessment for a Proposed New National Park in Romania
For the proposed Parcul Național Făgăraș, România, Dr. Patrick Gonzalez, climate change scientist, forest ecologist, and Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity, has produced a new locally-specific assessment of climate change and forest carbon.