CASIOPA
We Are The Centre Of Applied Science In Ontario Protected Areas (CASIOPA)
We provide state of the science workshops and networking for all those interested in protected areas, with an emphasis for solutions based on social, natural, and physical science for best practices in all types of protected areas.
2025 CASIOPA ONLINE WORKSHOP
Protected Areas Connectivity Workshop
Time: 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Date: April 15, 2025
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89256889812?pwd=6XtyiqZtIq740Z48vzTajfal3cB5kk.1
Meeting ID: 892 5688 9812
Passcode: 339906
Description:
Join us for a workshop to learn about methods developed for evaluating and monitoring protected areas connectivity in Ontario and how these new tools can be applied for conservation planning and protected areas management. The new connectivity tools and measures were developed as part of a collaborative project between the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and the Ministry of Natural Resources to develop approaches for assessing the connectivity of the protected areas network and to inform future system planning.
Presenters:
Jeff Bowman is a Research Scientist with the Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and also an Adjunct Professor in the Environmental and Life sciences Graduate Program at Trent University.
Paul O’Brien is a Biologist with the Wildlife Research and Monitoring Section of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
Publications (all open access):
Liczner, A.R., R. Pither, J.R. Bennett, J. Bowman, K.R. Hall, R.J.Fletcher, Jr, A.T. Ford, J.L. Michalak, B. Rayfield, J. Wittische and J. Pither. 2024. Advances and challenges in ecological connectivity science. Ecology and Evolution 14: e70231. [Open Access]
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.70231
O’Brien P. P., N. Carr, J. Bowman. 2023. Using sentinel nodes to evaluate changing connectivity in a protected area network. PeerJ 11:e16333. [Open Access]
https://peerj.com/articles/16333/
O’Brien, P.P., J.S. Gunn, A. Clark, J. Gleeson, R. Pither, and J. Bowman. 2023. Integrating carbon stocks and landscape connectivity for nature-based climate solutions. Ecology and Evolution 13(1): e9725. [Open Access]
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.9725
Pither, R., P. O’Brien, A. Brennan, K. Hirsh-Pearson, and J. Bowman. 2023. Predicting areas important for ecological connectivity throughout Canada. PLoS One 18:e0281980. [Open Access]
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281980
