BSG Red List Authority

Karine is a senior biologist for the British Columbia Ministry of Lands, Water, and Resource Stewardship. She works with First Nations as part of the Skeena Sustainability Assessment Forum Environmental Stewardship Initiative to co-develop trusted data and management directives for grizzly bears. She is invested in using non-invasive monitoring methods to inform cumulative effects, habitat designations, and land use decisions towards effective on-the-ground conservation actions. Karine completed her PhD on grizzly bear denning and summer ecology in 2015, and beyond her work in Canada, she works on international bear projects focused on habitat use, population monitoring, and species overlap, particularly in Nepal and India. Karine is devoted to bridging the gender gap at high-level positions within STEM and reducing inequities for minoritized groups. She is a 2021 Wilburforce Leader in Conservation Science and a recent council member of the International Bear Research and Management.