A career with organizations like Parks Canada, the Canadian Wildlife Service, and the World Wildlife Fund could soon be within arms reach thanks to UNBC.
The Prince George post-secondary school is launching a new program this fall, where interested students can obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Conservation Science and Practice, majoring in either Wildland Conservation and Recreation (WCR) or Landscape Conservation and Management (LCM).
The purpose of the program is a basic understanding of how to conserve surrounding environments with a strong focus on techniques, benefits, and shortcomings of the social and natural sciences.
“We are in a time of expanding awareness and support for the value of conservation in protected areas,” explains B.C. Parks Ecologist Dr. Tory Stevens in a news release. “Having a program well rooted in science and maintaining currency will be invaluable.”
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— University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) (@UNBC) July 2, 2019
UNBC instructors say students looking at this program, which has been approved by several organizations including the ones listed above, will likely an eager desire to take action through science, policy, or conservation efforts.
“The CSP Major in Wildland Conservation and Recreation focuses on wild landscapes in which conservation is achieved through land uses such as National and Provincial Parks and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas that support ecological protection, suitable economic activity and recreation opportunities, along with environmental aesthetics, but which exist in the context other resource values” says UNBC Associate Professor Pamela Wright in the same release.
If a student chooses WCR, UNBC says the skills they obtain will be rooted in identifying, planning, monitoring, and managing conservation values within the parks, recreation, and various tourism sectors.
LCM major graduates are set to receive cutting-edge technical skills and knowledge necessary for solving complex challenges that face the conservation of Earth’s biodiversity.
More information on the new programs can be found on UNBC’s website.
