The week of October 28, ESSA’s Jimena Eyzaguirre, Natascia Tamburello, Hugh Stimson and Tim Webb delivered a five-day training workshop in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia, giving 14 Caribbean-based fisheries officers the opportunity to test out a Climate-Smart Fisheries Toolkit as part of the Pilot Program […]

In September 2019, ESSA’s Darcy Pickard participated in the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) event, Restore the Earth, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Marking the end of a historic Climate Week that saw cities around the world join in climate strikes and policymakers […]

As scientists, the urgency for more aggressive climate change mitigation and adaptation measures has been on our minds increasingly over the past few years. Climate scientists have estimated the remaining amount of CO2 that can be emitted into the atmosphere by human activities while still holding […]

A new paper out September 18 by two ESSA research assistants, Andrew Thompson and Aline Litt, and their former classmates and lecturers, explores a list of 20 actions for conservationists to help achieve a ‘good Anthropocene.’ The Anthropocene is a proposed geological time period in […]

Over the years, ESSA has undertaken many projects in the Columbia River Basin including creating management plans, providing expert advice, and developing tools to guide decision-making and implementation. In recognition of this history, ESSA’s President, Clint Alexander, was invited to present on the value of […]

This month, Darcy Pickard was announced as co-chair (along with Kevin Hanna, UBC) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s newly established Technical Advisory Committee on Science and Knowledge. The Technical Advisory Committee will provide valuable technical advice and guidance to support the transition to the new impact […]