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Each year, millions of shorebirds migrate thousands of miles along the coasts of the Americas, from their breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra of North America to their wintering grounds at the southernmost tip of Chile and Argentina. These long-distance migrations evolved to depend on stopover and wintering sites—a network of coastal wetlands, estuaries, and beaches—known as the Americas Flyways.
These sites also provide important ecosystem services to coastal communities. Many of these coastal ecosystems and the services they provide are threatened due to increasing pressures from expanding human development and climate change, which are contributing to ongoing shorebird declines.
New Collaborations, New Solutions
In order to target the complex challenges surrounding coastal development, we need new solutions that combine knowledge, expertise, and ideas from multiple disciplines and sectors.
To address this challenge, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology developed the Coastal Solutions Fellows Program. The program is designed to create a collaborative community of professionals from diverse disciplines who are passionate about finding solutions to ensure the conservation and resilience of coastal ecosystems.
The Program
The program’s overarching goal is to improve habitat conditions at priority shorebird sites in Latin America by building, training, and supporting a collaborative community of professionals from diverse disciplines who implement evidence-based solutions to address coastal challenges, benefiting both community livelihoods and nature.
The program supports six fellows each year to implement a project at a priority coastal site for shorebirds in Latin America. Fellows receive two years of funding, mentorship, and professional training, including annual retreats that combine peer-to-peer learning and strategic training.
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The Coastal Solutions Fellows Program builds and supports an international community to design and implement solutions that address coastal challenges across Latin America. 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.