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Environment, Yukon Government, February - April 2012 <p><b>Title:</b> Moss and Lichen Inventory in Yukon Territory <p><b>Description:</b> The Yukon Conservation Data Centre is part of a network of international data centres coordinated by NatureServe International. It is responsible for the collection, maintenance and distribution of data on plants, animals and ecological communities of conservation concern in Yukon. Accurate and continually-updated information is essential in identifying and monitoring at-risk species. Yukon s flora is relatively under-studied compared to the rest of Canada and no comprehensive list of the mosses and lichens in the territory previously existed. The internship involved creating this list, beginning with an extensive literature search through floras, checklists and primary collection literature. Jamie worked closely with experts who solved taxonomic problems and assigned conservation ranks to each species. These up-to-date data are now being shared with NatureServe and will inform the Wild Species General Status Report, a Canada-wide record of species conservation ranks. Knowing which species occur in Yukon also helps to identify knowledge gaps, so future botanical exploration can target areas lacking information. With the recent boom in mineral exploration in Yukon, it is important to establish baseline data now in order to assess the status of these slow-to-recover organisms into the future.<br></font> <p></td> </tr> </table> <br><hr width="100%" color="cccccc"> <center><font class="h1"><font size=3><b>2011 Interns</b></font></font></center> <br> <table> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img width=100 src="intern_images/Burt.jpg" border=0></td> <td valign="center" width="90%"><font class="h1"><b>Jenn Burt</b> <br>Georgia Strait Alliance(GSA), June - August 2011 <p><b>Title:</b> Community Map Marine Ecology Reseacher <p><b>Description:</b> In 2010, the Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA) launched an on-line community map project. This consisted of an on-line map (much like a Google Map) where spatial information relating to ecological features, environmental issues, green businesses, and areas of community or conservation interest could be navigated to provide the user with information and relevant website links. The internship first involved an external review of the map, providing feedback in a report on its current structure, content, layout& etc. Second, the intern helped collect and build the ecological content for the map; an area identified as weak by the mapping coordinator. This involved networking with various coordinators from other BC mapping initiatives as well as other NGO organizations to obtain spatial data for relevant ecological features within Georgia Strait (e.g. marine mammal habitat, important bird areas, marine flora& etc). Along obtaining and processing the spatial data, the intern helped to write the web content pages associated with each ecological feature. As a result of the internship, the GSA is currently revising its initial map structure and working with the suggested new layout to provide a more scientifically accurate, conservation relevant and user friendly map..<br></font> <p> <hr width="100%" color="cccccc"></td> </tr> <p> <p> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img width=100 src="intern_images/LDB.jpg" border=0></td> <td valign="center" width="90%"><font class="h1"><b>Peter de Koning</b> <br>High Country Consulting Ltd, May - August 2011 <p><b>Title:</b> GIS analyst/field technician <p><b>Description:</b> Over the course of 4 months, Peter deKoning worked on a project trying to understand how different land management approaches affect carbon sequestration in the Thompson-Nicola region of BC s interior. By better understanding how carbon sequestration is affected by land management in a changing climate, we can look for opportunities to mitigate climate change, conserve rare grassland ecosystems, and create alternative revenue sources for the ranchers who maintain and manage them. Over the course of his internship, Peter had the opportunity to quantify and map carbon storage potential in grasslands using GIS and InVEST in order to evaluate the economic potential of different land management scenarios. Not all his time was spent in the office though  he also had the opportunity explore the grasslands while trapping small mammals in Lac-du-Bois Provincial Park. This work was the beginning of a multi-year project and is still on-going. </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> </table> <hr width="100%" color="cccccc"> <center><font class="h1"><font size=3><b>2010 Interns</b></font></font></center> <br> <table> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img width=100 src="intern_images/Caldwell.jpg" border=0></td> <td valign="center" width="90%"><font class="h1"><b>Iain Caldwell</b> <br>Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), June - December 2010 <p><b>Title:</b> Science for the Southern Strait of Georgia <p><b>Description:</b> As an intern for British Columbia's Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-BC), I worked on their efforts to expedite creation of a National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA) in the Southern Strait of Georgia. Parks Canada initiated a feasibility study for an NMCA between the city of Vancouver and Vancouver Island more than ten years ago. CPAWS-BC wants to ensure the public is aware of the importance of protecting the area as soon as possible. I supported this effort by compiling and updating information on the ecology of the Southern Strait of Georgia. I summarized this information for use in public communication materials and created maps to illustrate the location and size of the proposed NMCA. Hopefully, through my internship work, the efforts of CPAWS-BC and others will be successful in protecting the Southern Strait of Georgia with an NMCA.<br></font> </td> </tr> <tr><td></td><td><hr width="100%" color="cccccc"><td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img width=100 src="intern_images/Conneely.jpg" border=0></td> <td valign="center" width="90%"><font class="h1"><b>Bridget Conneely</b> <br>World Wildlife Fund (WWF), June - April 2010 <p><b>Title:</b> Avoided Sedimentation as an Ecosystem Service in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique <p><b>Description:</b> The InVest tool was created by the Natural Capital Project, which is a joint effort between Stanford University's Woods Institute, University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, The Nature Conservancy, and World Wildlife Fund to provide tools for quantifying natural capital for decision-making. I participated in a program with the World Wildlife Fund to test the InVest tool using real data that I collected from Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. I used the avoided reservoir sedimentation model of the InVest tool to estimate the monetary value of the sediment retention capability of the landscape under present and future land use scenarios. While my primary goal was to test the usability of the InVest tool, the results of the analysis are useful to Gorongosa National Park managers for conservation decisions related to accelerating sedimentation in the park's waterways. The internship resulted in an internal WWF report entitled "Avoided Sedimentation as an Ecosystem Service in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique".<br></font> </td> </tr> <tr><td></td><td><hr width="100%" color="cccccc"><td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img width=100 src="intern_images/dempewolf.jpg" border=0></td> <td valign="center" width="90%"><font class="h1"><b>Hannes Dempewolf</b> <br>United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy, June - August 2010 <p><b>Title:</b> Project development internship at the Global Crop Diversity Trust <p><b>Description:</b> The internship focused on the development of a project proposal on the conservation of crop wild relatives and their use for breeding efforts in the context of adapting global food security crops to climate change. I was part of a small and dynamic team of scientists that worked to establish the basis of a proposal, which a few months later was to be funded through a large grant from the Norwegian government to implement the 10-year project.<br></font> </td> </tr> <tr><td></td><td><hr width="100%" color="cccccc"><td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img width=100 src="intern_images/Espinosa.jpg" border=0></td> <td valign="center" width="90%"><font class="h1"> <b>Maria Espinosa-Romero</b> <br>Living Oceans Society (LOS), Sointula BC, June - October 2010 <p><b>Title:</b> Assessment of the "EBM readiness" of current fisheries management in the Pacific region <p><b>Description:</b> My internship at LOS involved the review of international agreements, marine policies and management plans to evaluate the capacity of fisheries management in the Canadian Pacific region to implement ecosystem based management (EBM). This work was part of an LOS sustainable fisheries campaign and their EBM initiative. I presented the results of my analysis at the conference "Ecosystems 2010: Global Progress on Ecosystem based Fisheries Management", where representatives from 19 countries from a variety of governments, environmental organizations, and research institutions presented their efforts towards the implementation of EBM.<br></font> </td> </tr> <tr><td></td><td><hr width="100%" color="cccccc"><td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img width=100 src="intern_images/Gieselman.jpg" border=0></td> <td valign="center" width="90%"><font class="h1"> <b>Tanis Gieselman</b> <br>Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew at Wakehurst Place, West Sussex, England, August - October 2010 <p><b>Title:</b> Seed Conservation Intern for the Millennium Seed Bank Project <p><b>Description:</b> The Millennium Seed Bank Project is dedicated to conserving the world's plant species. They share information, equipment, and seeds with partner organizations and have already banked seeds from 10% of plant species in cold storage, focusing first on endangered, endemic, and economically important plant species. My research at the Millennium Seed Bank was primarily focused on learning the theory and techniques for collecting, processing and storing seeds for ex situ conservation, which will be invaluable in my future endeavors to create a seed bank and conservation program in my home region. However, I also contributed to some of the research projects underway at the seed bank. I collected data and planted seeds for on-site grassland restoration experiments, and investigated the predictive power of a computer program which uses climate data to estimate optimum germination temperatures. I also worked on compiling a list of all of the food plants of the world to assist in prioritization of future species acquisitions into seed banks.<br></font> </td> </tr> <tr><td></td><td><hr width="100%" color="cccccc"><td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img width=100 src="intern_images/LeCraw.jpg" border=0></td> <td valign="center" width="90%"><font class="h1"> <b>Robin LeCraw</b> <br>BC Ministry of Environment, December 2009 - April 2010 <p><b>Title:</b> Species at risk research prioritization framework <p><b>Description:</b> The Ministry of the Environment has collected a great deal of information on all of the species identified  at risk in British Columbia (BC Conservation Data Center). Included in reports from various agencies are recommendations for empirical research that is needed to improve conservation plans. This internship involved extracting information on research needs from a wide variety of reports (including COSEWIC reports and BC Recovery Plans) and summarizing them in a searchable central database. This allowed the intern and Ministry team leaders to develop a prioritization framework, which will form the basis of a 10-year research plan in the province. The tools developed during the internship will greatly improve the efficacy of conservation planning for species at risk in BC. <br></font> </td> </tr> <tr><td></td><td><hr width="100%" color="cccccc"><td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img width=100 src="intern_images/MagnusonFord.jpg" border=0></td> <td valign="center" width="90%"><font class="h1"> <b>Karen Magnuson-Ford</b> <br>Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), June - October 2010 <p><b>Title:</b> What gets protected? Working with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society to establish a National Marine Conservation Area off the west coast of Vancouver Island. <p><b>Description:</b> Off the west coast of Vancouver Island exists a vast diversity of marine species ranging from the blue whale to endangered salmon populations to more than one hundred species of sea worms. To protect this array of species and ecosystem diversity, CPAWS is working to establish a National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA) in this region. During my internship, I helped put together the initial document required by Parks Canada outlining the major physical, biological, cultural features of the west coast of Vancouver Island. I researched and wrote brief descriptions of the biology, location and conservation status of key marine fish, corals and sponges in this area. I joined these descriptions with the work of others into a single document and identified data sources for those sections that were still incomplete. I also researched marine conservation projects around the world to find out what methods are currently being used to ensure that the area that gets protected is truly representative of the larger region.<br></font> </td> </tr> <tr><td></td><td><hr width="100%" color="cccccc"><td></tr> </table> </font> </tr></td> <tr><td colspan=2 align="right"><a href="#top"><img src="../research/images/navtop.jpg" border=0 alt="back to top"></a></td></tr> </td></tr> <!-- end main content --> </td></tr></table> </TD> <TD rowspan=2 WIDTH=16 bgcolor="FFFFFF" class="narrowbg"> </TD> <TD WIDTH=90 class="sidebg" bgcolor="CCCCCC" valign="top"> <!-- secondary navigation --> <table width="90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <font class="h2"> <a href="BRITE_internship.html" class="nav"><b>Internships</b><P></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <font class="h2"> <a href="BRITE_pastinterns.html" class="nav"><b>Past Interns</b><P></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <font class="h2"> <a href="BRITE_workshops.html" class="nav"><b>Workshops</b><P></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <font class="h2"> <a href="http://hesse-award.sites.olt.ubc.ca/" class="nav"><b>Hesse Award</b><P></a></font> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- end secondary navigation --> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=91 HEIGHT=94 align=center valign=bottom bgcolor=#CCCCCC> <a href="http://www.ubc.ca"><IMG SRC="../research/images/ubclogo.gif" ALT="ubc.ca" border=0></a></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN=5 WIDTH=750 HEIGHT=40 class="bottombg" align="center" valign="top"> <br><font class="copy">&copy; Biodiversity Research Centre - <a href="http://www.ubc.ca" class="copy" target="new">UBC</a> | <a href="../research/brccredits.html" class="copy" onClick="window.open('brccredits.html','popup','width=500,height=300,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">site credits</a></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <IMG SRC="../research/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../research/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=95 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../research/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=539 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../research/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=16 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> <TD> <IMG SRC="../research/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=1 ALT=""></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </center> <!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <script type="text/javascript"> var sc_project=3443506; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=38; var sc_security="28e80691"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter_xhtml.js"></script><noscript><div class="statcounter"><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img class="statcounter" src="http://c39.statcounter.com/3443506/0/28e80691/1/" alt="unique visitor counter" border=0></a></div></noscript> <!-- End of StatCounter Code --> </BODY> </HTML>