Dr Tara Martin is a Professor of Conservation Decision Science in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia and holds UBC’s inaugural Liber Ero Chair in Conservation. Tara is a pioneer in the field of conservation decision making - combining ecological data with decision science to bridge the gap between research and on-ground conservation action and policy. Her research interests include prioritizing threat management action for biodiversity conservation under global change, predicting cumulative effects to inform conservation decisions, climate adaptation and eco-cultural restoration.