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Native Pollinator Biodiversity : Exploring Biodiversity Policy Creation at UBC

University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning

This project is being undertaken in partnership with the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) SEEDS sustainability program. UBC is looking to create biodiversity pollinator targets for 2030 (Climate Action Plan 2030) and 2050 (Campus Vision 2050). Currently, UBC does not have any outlined goals or targets for native pollinator species on campus. Scientists are currently seeing native pollinator species decline across British Columbia, therefore it is important to shed light on this issue and understand what UBC could be working towards to maintain native pollinators on campus. This paper uses qualitative methods to determine recommendations for UBC’s biodiversity policy. This report employs a policy review of current UBC sustainability and biodiversity policy and programs, semi-structured interviews with various experts [holding experience with pollinator species] that work or study across the UBC campus, as well as a framework analysis of policy and programs installed at other institutions across North America. This project uses these methods to offer four primary recommendations for the university to implement within future policy to help conserve and promote native pollinator presence on campus. While this paper will make reference to both native and non-native pollinators, our emphasis is specifically on increasing conservation of native pollinator biodiversity on UBC campus. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

Report

eng

2023-09-07

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85853

Unreviewed

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/