Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle

Conservation Planning Biologist and Co-Director of the Northern Boreal Mountains Program, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Conservation, Yukon, Northern Boreal, Wildlife, Climate change, Biodiversity, Land use planning

Media

The use of natural outdoor laboratories can reduce threats to freshwater biodiversity

Northern fish are tough, but climate change is causing some to dwindle

We all live downstream – it’s time to restore our freshwater ecosystems

Biography

Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle is a Co-Director of the Northern Boreal Mountains (NBM) Program based in Whitehorse, Yukon and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. She works closely with First Nation communities, governments, and other partners throughout Yukon to collaborate on meaningful research projects and land-use planning initiatives that reflect Indigenous and environmental values. Mantyka-Pringle specializes in understanding the impacts and interactions of climate and land-use change on biodiversity, and translating the implications into conservation planning.

Expertise

  • Conservation
  • Yukon
  • Northern Boreal
  • Wildlife
  • Climate change
  • Biodiversity
  • Land Use Planning