Dr. Melissa McHale, PhD

Associate Professor

Faculty of Forestry

Dept. of Forest Resources Management, Urban Forest Research Hub

Vancouver Campus

Fields

Contact Information

Chosen name and pronouns:

She/Her/Hers

melissa.mchale@ubc.ca

Tel: 604-827-3150

https://www.pivotalplaces.org/what-is-pivotal-place

LinkedIn/ melissa-mchale-urban-forestry-ecology-sustainability

Twitter/ UrbanEcologyMRM

Alternate Contact

Lou Corpuz-Bosshart

Media Relations Specialist

Tel: 604 822 2048

Email: lou.bosshart@ubc.ca

Expertise

Urban Forestry, Urban Ecology, Urban Sustainability, Sustainability Science, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Ecology, Carbon Cycling, Social-Ecological Studies, Transdisciplinary Science, Landscape Preferences, Land Cover Land Use Change, Equity, Environmental Justice, Urban Tree Canopy, Urbanization, African Cities, Urban Ecosystem Convergence, Urban Homogenization,

Languages

English

In the Media

2020 Salazar Center Symposium – CSU State of the Research – Salazar Center for North American Conservation Conservation Conversations: Carbon Sequestration and Climate Justice in Cities – Salazar Center for North American Conservation Study: Trees have unexpected impacts on water use in northern Colorado – Colorado State University Small, local solutions can crack water crises: a South African case study – The Conversation Bunn and team win NASA grant to forecast conservation futures in South Africa – Colorado State University