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.
Parks Stewardship Forum Examines New Discoveries from Fossils in U.S. National Parks
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.
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.