Kahlil Baker
Graduate Program: PhD
Supervisor: Dr. Gary Bull
Region of Interest: Nicaragua
Kahlil’s research uses an interdisciplinary approach combining forest biometrics, land-use economics and social perceptions towards forestry to study the feasibility of using forest investment mechanisms combined with carbon finance to catalyze the establishment of forest plantations in partnership with smallholders.
Tori Pollins
Program of Study: Natural Resources Conservation
Country of Exchange: Mastatal, Costa Rica
Tori spent four months in Mastatal, Costa Rica doing an internship at Rancho Mastatal, a sustainable living centre. Tori is in the Natural Resources Conservation program, in the Faculty of Forestry at UBC.
Robyn Hooper
Robyn graduated from the Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor of Science program with a specialization in Global Perspectives from UBC. After this, she spent a year at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Upsalla through the TRANSFOR-M program and has done research comparing forest management and climate change adaptation between forests in Sweden and British Columbia.
Carolina Chanis
Program of Study: MSc
Country of Origin: Panama
Carolina completed her BSc at UBC and was also in the Life Sciences Co-op program. She also completed her MSc in the Faculty of Forestry at UBC.