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Conservation Biology Institute is a non-partisan, science-based nonprofit working to support the conservation of biological diversity towards a healthier, more ecologically sustainable planet.
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New demo video alert!

Learn how to navigate and use the Global Wildfire Collective Spatial Data Gateway, an open-access hub for wildfire-related spatial data.

Watch the demo:
youtu.be/Hte2HOyXVwg

Explore the Gateway:
globalwildfirecollective.databasin.org

#WildfireData #OpenScience #FireEcology
Global Wildfire Collective Spatial Data Gateway Demo
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October 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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CBI is proud to announce the launch of the North America Forest Initiative, led by Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala, a distinguished forest ecologist and CBI Associate.
www.consbio.org/the-north-america-forest-initiative

#ConservationScience #ForestEcosystems #ClimateMitigation #Biodiversity #ConsBio
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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In this recently published article, we take a closer look at the making of Calscape’s new Pollinator Companion Tool - developed with leadership from CBI’s Dr. Chris Cosma

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#PollinatorConservation #Biodiversity #EcologicalRestoration #DataDrivenConservation #ConsBio #CBI
October 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Our Global Wildfire Collective Spatial Data Gateway is here! Intended for sharing wildfire-related data, maps, models, tools, and publications.

Explore now!
globalwildfirecollective.databasin.org

#GlobalWildfireCollective #ConsBio #DataBasin #FireData #WildfireData #Wildfire #Fire #FireResearch
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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From publications to news features, explore all the highlights in the News & Publications section on our website.
globalwildfirecollective.org/news-and-pub...

#GlobalWildfireCollective #GWC #GWCCharterMember #ConsBio #Wildfire #WildfireResearch #WildfireRecovery #GlobalChange #FireManagement
October 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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We’re proud to share that Dr. Alexandra Syphard spoke on NPR about the Roadless Rule and wildfire risk. She highlighted how roads can boost suppression access but also raise ignitions and fire risk. Listen here: n.pr/3Y6O1E7
#Wildfire #FireEcology #GWCCharterMember @dramalamujer.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Meet our new Charter Member, Dr. Saeedeh Eskandari! A project manager at RIFR, she applies remote sensing & GIS to wildfire prediction, forest management, and climate impacts across Iran, Turkey & beyond. Author of Fire in Iranian Forests (2025).
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September 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Dr. Arindam Roy contributes expert scientific leadership and advice across the Clean Air Fund’s grant making, strategy design, monitoring, evaluation and learning, donor proposals & external influencing.
#GlobalWildfireCollective #GWCCharterMember #ConsBio #Wildfire #WildfireResearch #GlobalChange
July 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Trent is a fire risk modeler in all aspects of bushfire management. His work covers a range of theoretical & applied aspects of bushfire behavior & management. The main focus of his research being management expenditure to reduce the risk of fire impacts on people, property & the environment.
July 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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ISFMI works in collaboration with partner governments for the delivery of Indigenous Fire Management implementation projects. Indigenous peoples’ rights and interests as leaders of their own futures is at the forefront of the Initiative’s concerns.
globalwildfirecollective.org/our-partners/
July 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Dr. Mike Flannigan’s primary research interests are fire & weather/climate interactions & the potential impact of climatic change, lightning-ignited forest fires, landscape fire modeling & interactions between vegetation, fire, & weather.
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July 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Universidad de La Frontera’s #mission is to cultivate & transfer knowledge in various fields & #cultural domains. It recognizes, promotes, & integrates the #worldview of its #indigenous peoples, promoting #respect and equitable #development.
July 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Markristian Madariaga Pareja is an agroforestry engineer and certified forest firefighter with specialized training under NWCG standards, with more than 10 years of experience as a volunteer firefighter and more than 7 years dedicated to the integral management of forest fire risk in Peru.
July 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Universidad del Rosario provides a solid ethical, humanistic and scientific education that - together with research and suitable teaching - allows this community to educate people who act for the benefit of society, with a maximum sense of responsibility.
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July 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Meet our charter member, Dr. Jon Fink!

Established in 2019, Co-PI Dr. Jonathan Fink directs the Cascadia Wildfire and Urban Smoke Working Group, which has hosted more than 118 webinars and multiple symposia to advance science-policy exchanges that are available on YouTube.
July 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Meet our partner organization, @ungrd.bsky.social!

UNGRD directs the implementation of disaster risk management, taking into account sustainable development policies, and coordinates the operation and continuous development of the National System for Disaster Prevention and Response (SNPAD).
July 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Meet our charter member, Dr. Johan Sjöström!

Johan (PhD physics, 2010) is a senior research scientist at RISE since 2011. His research is focused on wildfires, their ignition, behaviour and consequences to society.

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July 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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The CR2 Center for Climate Science and Resilience is a research center that brings together researchers from the social and natural sciences to generate knowledge about climate science and resilience.

To learn more about our partner organizations, visit globalwildfirecollective.org/our-partners/
July 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Meet our charter member, Dr. David Bowman!

Professor David Bowman is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and the Director of the transdisciplinary Fire Centre at the University of Tasmania, where he holds a research chair in Pyrogeography and Fire Science.
July 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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@creaf.cat is deeply committed to promoting a culture of impact in research and to fostering the mobilization, uptake and use of its research findings in the non-academic world to deliver positive impact.
To learn more about our partner organizations, visit globalwildfirecollective.org/our-partners/
July 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Dr. Holz studies the causes and consequences of climate variability and human activity on ecological change and disturbances in temperate forests, primarily in the west of the Americas, Australia and New Zealand.

To learn more, visit globalwildfirecollective.org/about-us/our...
July 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Our fourth speaker at tomorrow's webinar will be Dr. Jennifer Schmidt! Dr. Schmidt works at University of Alaska Anchorage and is interested in the research and management of socio-ecological systems that help balance conservation efforts with the needs of society.

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July 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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The thrid speaker at the upcoming GWC webinar will be Dr. Johan Sjöström! Johan (PhD physics, 2010) is a senior research scientist at RISE since 2011. His research is focused on wildfires, their ignition, behaviour and consequences to society.

Register now!
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July 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The second speaker at our upcoming webinar will be Dr. Sarah Henderson! Sarah is the scientific director of Environmental Health Services at BCCDC and of the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH).

Register now!
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July 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM