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May 31, 2024: Connecting Fragmented Landscapes Workshop

Workshop collaboration between the UCI Environmental Collaboratory (EnCo), Climate Justice Initiative (CJI), and Wildlife Urban Interface Climate Action Network (WUICAN).
During the Workshop, we considered partnerships and strategies for reconnecting our fragmented ecological, organizational, and environmental education landscapes.

Keynote panelists:

  • Angela Mooney D’Arcy – Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples
  • Naomi Knox –  the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians Acjachemen Nation
  • Kelley Lê – Environmental Climate Change Literacy Project
  • Robert Fisher – Western Ecological Research Center, USGS
  • Ted Stankowich – Department of Biological Sciences, CSULB
  • Steve Allison – UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and UCI WUICAN

Climate Justice Initiative (CJI) Ignite Talks:

  1. Empowering Orange County Communities to Create PFAS Management Policies
  2. Increasing accessibility to Crystal Cove’s Kelp Forest
  3. Cooling centers in Santa Ana, California: Past, Present, and Future
  4. Mapping Out an Environmental Hazard Platform for Santa Ana
  5. Visualizing Community Knowledge & Applications in Community-Based Research in Santa Ana
  6. What does it mean to own a wetland?
  7. Centralizing Critical Theories and Practices in Environmental Health Sciences: Challenging the Apartheid of Knowledge through Research Justice Approaches

https://uci.zoom.us/rec/play/zYM0vzKU_QtUaE24qTtnf4UZcN20PhjF-64LCj_jGD0kRJQKTVi9tiVoqc1JctXN2fh9FtPWDx4Aw4fT.soNzbHqFDgq1vHmG?canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&startTime=1717184957000&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fuci.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FfAMJ2FoKqMd-x0ZnjRkpZciYz8cnZ9-p9RC7sEQlYIzx3eBovAi2hExLkd2IyVd0.XS5gweAtJCVTIpWH%3FstartTime%3D1717184957000

Masters in Conservation and Restoration Science Capstone Presentations:

  1. Mesquite Bosque Habitat Health Assessment in Borrego Springs
  2. Using Underwater Information Systems to Enhance White Abalone Restoration
  3. Considering the Effects of Wildfire on Mediterranean-Type Streams
  4. Evaluating Sea Level Rise Impacts on Key Ecosystem Functions in Southern California Estuaries

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