Austin Himes

Forestry professor interested in human forest relationships and values

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

Embracing diversity in our relationship with nature 🌳 helps create policies that respect & interweave different worldviews. 🌏

Learn how various ways of relating to nature shape our world in the @IPBES #ValuesAssessment: https://t.co/WzXKvDzGn4…

Via @BESNet_UNDP

[West Coast College Sports Guy @WCCSG_]

RT IF YOUR CONFERENCE IS STILL UNDEFEATED

[Austin Himes @forestryvalues]

@UNBiodiversity @IPBES Everything on this graphic is a true and important reason that forests matter, BUT they also matter because of they contribute to people’s identity, spirituality, and ways of leading a meaningful ‘good life.’ Relational values of forests are essential and often overlooked.

[Austin Himes @forestryvalues]

For any folks interested in landscape scale management of forests or the triad model, check out the new revised chapter in the second edition of the Ecological Forest Management handbook that just came out: https://t.co/cme8du0eBI