As climate change worsens and exposes vulnerable populations to natural hazards and environmental challenges, there is a growing call to understand the nuances and complexities of natural resource management.
Part of the College of Arts and Sciences' Let's CU Well initiative, "The environment belongs to everyone: Equity and Inclusion in natural resource management and conservation" features the research of Karen Bailey, assistant professor of environmental studies.
Bailey draws on multiple case studies to unpack the realities of climate change and environmental management. She specifically highlights two key themes: equity and sense of place in the context of drought and flooding and equity, diversity and inclusion in conservation and ecology. Her goals are to understand both how climate adaptation efforts may exacerbate inequity and strategies to avoid this and how our relationships with the environment may be altered and modified in the course of adapting to environmental change. This research helps us think more holistically and inclusively about climate adaptation efforts and consider novel approaches to adapting to the changing realities of natural resources in the U.S.
Originally recorded Thursday, Nov. 1, 2022.
