Dr. Paul M. Wood

Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty Associate, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability

Member of Centre for Applied Conservation Research

University of British Columbia

Project: Conifer Forest Health Genomics
GE³LS Research: Conserving Our Forests: A Citizens' Debate [details]

Paul Wood is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of BC. He is also a Faculty Associate at UBC's Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, and a member of UBC's Centre for Applied Conservation Research. Paul is a Registered Professional Biologist (RPBio) and a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) and has a PhD in interdisciplinary studies which focused primarily on the philosophy of ethics and on political theory.

Paul has extensive forest management experience, having worked for many years with the provincial government and in private forestry consulting before turning to academia, first at the University of Toronto and then at UBC. He takes an interdisciplinary approach to both teaching and research by incorporating his background in biology, forestry, and philosophy.

He is the author of an award-winning book, Biodiversity and Democracy: Rethinking Society and Nature UBC Press (2000).

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