"Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity los.s"
— United Nations
Sustainable UFV
Sustainable UFV
"Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity los.s"
— United Nations
Just behind the Lá:lem te Baker student housing on UFV’s Abbotsford campus lies a new, neatly manicured garden. The pollinator garden is made up entirely of native plants that vary in size, shape, and colour to make it a suitable space for different pollinators to feed. The garden will not only benefit the pollinators, it will also provide a teaching space for courses on plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate biology, as well as biodiversity and conservation.
Related SDGs:
Responsible consumption-Climate action-Life below water
Fruit trees were planted on the Abbotsford campus behind Lá:lem te Baker in an effort to increase biodiversity on campus, increase enjoyment opportunities, and provide free food options. Specially-designed trees - espalier trees - were purchased in apple, cherry, and pear. Also, each tree has grafts of three different types of each fruit, as well, increasing the variety of different fruits to up to nine.
Related SDGs:
Zero hunger-Good health
UFV's School of Land Use and Environmental Change is working with the Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Center regarding forest-based research in S⨱ótsaqel / Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park. The project began in summer 2021 and is an ongoing body of work. The project uses a two-eyed seeing approach to better understand forest health, soil connectedness, and water quality in old-growth forests vs regrowth forests (on harvested sites). It is hoped that we learn more about forest remediation and conservation through this work.
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Partnerships
In the past decade, North America has seen severe range contractions and drastic declines of previously common bumblebee species, which are key pollinators in temperate ecosystems. Thus, we need to understand how global change, including agricultural intensification, are impacting these important pollinators. Dr. Gillespie has worked with UFV Biology students to investigate these issues, including (1) monitoring bumblebee communities in parks in the Fraser Valley to track patterns in both diversity and pathogen prevalence over time and (2) investigating the impacts of the recently established invasive eastern bumblebee, Bombus impatiens on native bumblebees.
Related SDGs:
Partnerships
