WoRCS Laboratory
Working to Restore Connectivity and Sustainability Lab
About WoRCS Lab
We are a community of ecologists, conservation scientists and interdisciplinary scientists studying how to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable land use in ‘working lands’ – the lands that humans use to produce food, fodder, fiber, livestock, and forest products. We work on a wide variety of organisms, from micro-organisms in the soil to large mammals, in a wide variety of geographies, with projects in North and South America and Africa, and with an array of conservation partners.
Lab News
12 July 2023
Read about WoRCS lab All Star Ilke Geladi in her UBC Graduate Student Profile!
12 July 2023
Congratulations to Ilke on winning a Public Scholarship Initiatives Award!!
New publications
25 October 2024
Short-Term Grasslands in Agriculture Support Both Natural Enemy and Phytophagous Arthropod Populations
Matthew Tsuruda, Martina Clausen, Drew Bondar, Claire Kremen, Juli Carrillo
Journal of Applied Entomology, LINK
24 October 2024
Arthropod arbiters: natural enemy communities mediate the effects of landscape and local-scale complexity on Lygus-induced crop loss in organic strawberries
Adrian Lu, David Gonthier, Amber Sciligo, Karina Garci, Taiki Chiba, Gila Juárez, and Claire Kremen
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, LINK
Lab Twitter
Joint Environmental & Social Benefits from Diversified Farming Systems: the Berkeley Backstory
"...a powerful argument in support of agricultural diversification" -- a blog post by Dr Claire Kremen @clairekremen
Land acknowledgement
Our lab is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations, which now hosts the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus. Then as now, it has been a place of learning for many peoples. We are grateful for the opportunity to study, learn and create new knowledge here.
Lab Values
Our lab creates a supportive and collaborative community to promote each individual’s professional growth. Through regular lab meetings, joint projects, and social events, we promote academic discussions, mentorship, collaboration, and friendship.
Our lab’s research supports solutions to biodiversity and sustainability challenges. Through outreach and work with community stakeholders, we strive for reciprocal relationships and knowledge sharing.
Partners
NGO partners
Funding partners
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