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Jan Volney, Canadian Forest Service – Northwest Region, Alberta, Canada
Jan Volney is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service whose work aims to understand the
changing impacts of insects on forest productivity. He earned degrees in forest entomology (BScF, University
of New Brunswick, forest ecology (MFS, Yale University), mathematics and statistics (MA, UNB)
and forest entomology (PhD, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
at Syracuse). Prior to joining the Canadian Forest Service in 1985, he taught Forest Entomology
and Insect Natural History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also an Adjunct Professor in
the Departments of Biological Sciences and Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta, Chair of
the Forest Science and Technology Board of the Canadian Institute of Forestry, and Co-Editor of the
Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
Allan Watt, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory Research Station, Scotland
Allan Watt joined CEH Banchory in 1999, taking up the posts of leader of the Population Ecology
Section and Deputy Director of Site. His research interests focus on two areas: science underpinning the
conservation of biodiversity, principally but not exclusively forest biodiversity; and the management of
forest pests. He is currently involved in three European (EU-funded) projects on biodiversity and has
previously worked on biodiversity in both European and tropical forests. Dr. Watt is particularly interested
in developing methods for monitoring biodiversity (indicators and rapid biodiversity assessment)
and in quantifying the impact of land use change on biodiversity e.g., forest clearance and conversion to
plantation. He also currently works on the pine beauty moth, the most serious pest of established
forests in the UK, and has previously worked on pests such as the mahogany shoot borer. Dr. Watt is
currently the co-editor of Agricultural and Forest Entomology.
Carolyn Whittaker, BorNet Coordinator, University of British Columbia, Canada
Over the past decade while working in resource management as a researcher and consultant, Carolyn
Whittaker has had first hand experience in landscape ecology, wildlife management, conservation, and
environmental policy in Canada and the Unites States; tropical forest conservations in Sierra Leone, W.
Africa; and boreal forest ecology in circumpolar boreal countries. Carolyn is currently employed as a
Research Manager at the University of British Columbia coordinating BorNet. Prior to working at UBC,
Carolyn compiled a research synthesis of work relating to the sustainability of the boreal forest for the
National Centres of Excellence – Sustainable Forest Management Network, part of a successful application
for renewal of the network’s funding (approximately $49 million over seven years), completed
while Carolyn worked with the University of Alberta as Research Integration Coordinator. This role
built on Carolyn’s previous experience working at Rutgers University in New Jersey as Manager of the
New Jersey Center for Environmental Indicators (NJCEI) coordinating scientific input into state environmental
policy. At NJCEI, she also led a research project on community based environmental processes
examining capacity and resources of communities in New Jersey to develop and use indicators for
monitoring environmental quality, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
and the Center for Environmental Indicators.
Alexey Yarshenko, Greenpeace Russia
Bio not available.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS • BorNet International • Uppsala, Sweden • May 27 – 28, 2002 63