Keeping Snow and Ice Frozen with Renewable Energy Solutions to Halt Climate Change
Dr. Patrick Gonzalez, climate change scientist, forest ecologist, and Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity, discusses science and solutions for climate change, in the January 12, 2024 issue of Parks Stewardship Forum.
Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks honors Patrick Gonzalez with 2023 Award
The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks has awarded the 2023 George Hartzog Award to Dr. Patrick Gonzalez, climate change scientist, forest ecologist, and Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity.
Institute for Parks Welcomes Deniss Martinez as a Research Affiliate
The University of California, Berkeley, Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity welcomes Dr. Deniss Martinez, researcher at the University of California, Davis, as a new Research Affiliate.
Origins and Innovations of Science in the U.S. National Parks
The University of California, Berkeley, Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity presented the A. Starker Leopold Lecture “Origins and Innovations of Science in the U.S. National Parks,” September 27, 2023, at the University of California Botanical Garden. Conservation writer Jerry Emory and national park science leader Alison Forrestel, Ph.D., spoke. Patrick Gonzalez, Ph.D., climate change scientist and Executive Director of the Institute, moderated.
Scott Stephens Contributes Science to U.S. National Wildfire Policy
Dr. Scott Stephens, fire ecologist, UC Berkeley Professor, Henry Vaux Distinguished Professor in Forest Policy, and Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity, collaborated with colleagues on the U.S. Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission to publish a report on national wildfire policy, September 27, 2023.
Patrick Gonzalez Participates in Workshop to Advance Climate Change Science for Key Decisions
Dr. Patrick Gonzalez, climate change scientist, forest ecologist, and Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity, participated in the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Workshop Exploring Ideas Regarding the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Seventh Assessment Report, September 18-19, 2023, at the Royal Society, the UK academy of sciences.
Parks Stewardship Forum Examines Histories of U.S. Sites of Conflict
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.