The 5th BC Protected Areas Research Forum
Venue
University of Victoria, BC
The BC Protected Areas Research Forum (BCPARF) is a bi/tri-annual gathering of British Columbia (and neighbours) parks and protected areas managers and researchers from government, First Nations, academia (faculty and students), industry, non-govenrmental organizations and private sectors whom are involved and interested in the ecological and social dimensions of protected areas planning and management.
Papers, posters, and workshops dealing with any issue concerned with the planning and management of parks and protected areas and related research is welcome. Some possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- Meaningful visitor experiences
- Ecological management (including active management for fire, beetles, invasive species, connectivity)
- Tourism in protected areas - benefits and impacts
- Integrating parks in the broader landscape
- The economic sustainability of protected areas management
- Marine ecology and challenges to protection
- New research techniques and tools
- International involvement & partnerships
- Communicating research results
- Protected areas as living labs - developing a research program
- Collaborative management and research with First Nations
- Cultural resource management with First Nations