Special Guest

Dr. Faisal Moola

Dr. Moola is the Director of Terrestrial Conservation and Science at the David Suzuki Foundation and an adjunct professor of Forest Conservation at the University of Toronto. He has published widely in scientific journals on ecology, conservation biology, and environmental policy.

At the foundation he leads a team of scientists, policy analysts and public outreach experts on a number of campaigns to educate the public and reform environmental policy in Canada; including legal protection of endangered wildlife, valuation of ecosystems services, protection of urban agri-belts, and mitigating and adapting to climate change through nature conservation.

He also leads a land-use planning project in southeastern Tibet, with the goal of protecting ecosystem goods and services that are critical for community health and wellbeing.

Dr. Moola has sat on government science committees and advised aboriginal and government leaders. He has been instrumental in developing key symposia and workshops on conservation strategies, including a critically-timed conference at the University of Toronto on protecting forests as a strategy of fighting climate change.

Through his efforts he has had the honor to contribute to some of the most significant conservation achievements in recent Canadian history, including the protection of over 2 million hectares of temperate rainforest in British Columbia, the development of new sustainability standards for the forestry industry to meet the exploding market for green paper and wood products (Forest Stewardship Council) and the decision by the Ontario government to protect at least half of the province's remaining boreal wilderness. He has a growing interest in renewable energy.