Priority Protected Areas Topics for 2022

The BC PARF program committee invites the submission of abstracts to be delivered in concurrent sessions or in a poster session. Research and scholarly activity dealing with any issue concerned with the planning and management of parks and protected areas and related topics are welcome. Some possible topics include, but are not limited to: 
  • Reconciling record-high visitor use with conservation management  
  • The role of parks and nature based solutions in a carbon constrained future 
  • Protected areas in a changing climate 
  • Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas 
  • Stewardship and Guardians programs in protected and conserved areas
  • Advancing reconciliation in protected areas management  
  • Ecological management (including active management for fire, beetles, invasive species, & connectivity) 
  • Equity, diversity, inclusion and Reconciliation in parks 
  • Parks and mental health – lessons from the pandemic 
  • Ecological monitoring and citizen science 
  • Tourism in protected areas - benefits and impacts 
  • Social and ecological carrying capacity in protected areas
  • Integrating parks in the broader landscape
  • The economic sustainability of protected areas management 
  • Marine ecology and challenges to protection 
  • New research techniques and tools 
  • Cultural resource management
  • Managing heritage sites in a time of change  ​​

Pre- & Post-Session Proposals

The organizing committee has space allotted for groups/organizations who would like to hold workshops related to the planning and management of parks and protected areas before or after the 2022 BC PARF. Space has been held on Monday December 12 and Thursday December 15th. If you would like to take advantage of delegates gathering in Nanaimo to host your workshop, please complete the linked form and send it to bcparf@gmail.com by September 15. Confirmation of the workshop space within BC PARF schedule will communicated to workshop hosts as applications are reviewed.  Submission Form.

All proposals need to be submitted to bcparf@gmail.com by September 15, 2022. 

Presentation & Poster Proposals

If you study or do work related to parks and protected areas, we would like to hear from you! You are invited to submit an abstract to present your work at the BC Protected Areas Research Forum on December 12 – 14th, 2022. Submissions can align with priority protected area topics or address something outside of this list. It just needs to be relevant to protected areas. We are inviting submissions in the following categories:
  1. Presentations
    1. Traditional – 15-20 min +5 min Q and A
    2. Lightning talks – 5 minutes max. +2 min Q and A
    3. 3-minute SLAM – Tell us about your work with no more than one slide and 3 min
  2. Posters (will be both digital and printed)

Submission should be submitted using the this template to bcparf@gmail.com by September 15, 2022. Authors will be notified by September 30, 2022.
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