Newsletter August 2021

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  • Manuela Erazo: Community-based Conservation for Coastal Wetlands

    This month our featured Fellow is Manuela Erazo, a member of the Class of 2020. Manuela Erazo is a social anthropologist from Santiago, Chile, who received her master’s degree in Environmental Science from Melbourne University in Australia. Manuela is also…

  • Coastal Solutions Mentors: Cristóbal Pizarro, Director of the Antropocene Studies Lab

    Manuela’s mentor is Cristobal Pizarro, an interdisciplinary scientist and socio-ornithologist from Concepción, Chile. Cristobal is the Director of the Laboratory of Anthropocene Studies’ and a Forestry Sciences faculty member at the Universidad de Concepción in Chile. He earned his PhD…

  • John Fitzpatrick, Director of the Lab of Ornithology, Retires After 26 Years

    Adapted from a career profile by Scott Weidensaul. Read the full article in Living Bird, Spring 2021.

    This June, John Fitzpatrick retired from his position as director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology after 26 years. Fitz, as he is commonly known, is a…

  • Be part of the Coastal Solutions Fellows Program!

    The Coastal Solutions Fellows Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is looking for exceptional candidates that excel in understanding multiple disciplines and sectors to design and implement solutions that improve the coastal resiliency along the Pacific Coast of Latin…

  • Orientation Webinar for CSF Pre-proposals

    Are you preparing a pre-proposal for the Coastal Solutions Fellowship? Join our orientation webinar to prepare your pre-proposal! On August 31st we will host an on-line seminar where we will present the details on the program, the recommendations to prepare…

  • Webinars, News and Events

    This presentation was part of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Festival, organized by the Tucson Audubon Society. Osvel Hinojosa Huerta (Program Director) presented the principles and strategies of the Coastal Solutions Program and Medardo Cruz López (2020 Fellow) presented the progress…

Coastal Solutions Fellowship Program

The Coastal Solutions Fellows Program builds and supports an international community to design and implement solutions that address coastal challenges across the Pacific Americas Flyway. Our main goal is to conserve coastal habitats and shorebird populations by building the knowledge, resources, and skills of Latin American professionals, and by fostering collaborations among multiple disciplines and sectors.