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Research Highlights
Research in the Faculty of Forestry at UBC has many different facets and people that require mention.

We have highlighted some of our instructors, graduate students and research clusters from the Faculty of Forestry.
  
Researchers find solar savings for North Vancouver home owners
British Columbia is known for its rainy weather and dark winter months but that hasn’t stopped researchers in UBC’s Faculty of Forestry from mapping solar energy potential in North Vancouver. Read More...

Forestry researchers study how forest resources affect HIV/AIDS households in Malawi
The majority of people in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on forest products for subsistence and to supplement their cash incomes. This region also has the highest prevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the world.
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Frank Lam and colleagues design building to survive an earthquake
An international team established by Dr. Frank Lam has accomplished a major scientific milestone by demonstrating that a cost effective wooden building can be designed the will survive an earthquake that has accelerations that are 200% of the Kobe acceleration.
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Climate Change impact in local communities

Thinking about climate change impacts in your community? Wondering what actions to take? What if you could look into the future to consider different risks and options? UBC’s Local Climate Change Visioning Project is working to bridge the gap between globalclimate science and local policy.

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Research investigating the double jeopardy of climate warming and salmon fisheries

For the past 10 years, research lead by Dr. Scott Hinch and his graduate students, post doctoral fellows and colleagues have assessed the impacts of climate change on sockeye salmon in the Fraser River, Canada’s most productive salmon system. 

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