Professor
Canada Research Chair, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
Expertise
Ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management, biodiversity conservation, sustainability science, social-ecological systems, environmental assessment, environmental policy, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases
Twitter/ @KaiChanUBC
In the Media
- Where They Stand: The Parties on Climate Change - TheTyee.ca
- COMMENTARY: Sustainability thrives at tackling environmental crises, post pandemic - Global News
- UCSD study: Sea otters are boon for Pacific Coast economies - Coast News
- Return of sea otters to western Vancouver Island could be worth $50M but not all benefit: study - CTV News VI
- Recovery of sea otter populations yields more benefits than costs - UBC Faculty of Science
- Saving the planet in the midst of a pandemic - Phys.org
- Vancouver experiences reduced air pollution amid COVID-19 pandemic - CityNews Vancouver
- 2010 Flashback: Final day Olympic protesters protected from hockey fans - Vancouver Courier
- The climate crisis will present new management challenges for Arctic fisheries - Ubyssey Online
- Environmental allies: Teen protesters, civil disobedience groups and climate scientists demand action - Vancouver Sun
- ELECTION 2019: Climate strikes push environment to top of mind for federal leaders - Victoria News
- BC NDP and Green party collaboration leads to top sustainability honour - Surrey Now-Leader
- Trans Mountain oil tankers aren't the only thing endangering whales on the West Coast - CBC News
- Climate change might benefit Canada — but not enough to outweigh costs: expert - Global News
- Worried About Climate Change? Here’s What To Ask Political Candidates - Chatelaine