Shorebirds can be found in nearly every habitat across the Western Hemisphere. These habitats have been altered dramatically in the last century. Habitat loss combined with so many obstacles throughout their life-cycle has resulted in significant declines to shorebirds in the Americas.
Thankfully, shorebirds have you and all of your amazing partners helping to conserve and protect them as well as educating people who share the habitats that shorebirds call home. This is happening in all corners of the hemisphere by the Atlantic, Pacific, and Midcontinent Flyway Shorebird Conservation Initiatives.
While our Initiatives are unique we share a common goal of working to reverse the downward trend of shorebirds throughout the flyways. With this in mind, we are pleased to announce the Shorebird Conservation Initiatives of the Americas website to showcase our collective goals, threats, and hopes. You can make your way to each Flyway’s website for further engagement (Midcontinent coming soon!) and find shared resources that can be used across boundaries.
Please share broadly with your networks and let us know if there are additional resources to be included that are relevant to shorebird conservation and science in the entire Western Hemisphere.
We are also very grateful to the following translators: Jean-François Lamarre (Polar Knowledge Canada), Arne Lesterhuis (WHSRN Executive office, Manomet), Roberta Rodrigues (SAVE Brasil) and Verónica Anadón.
If you would like to provide feedback please contact Debra Reynolds or River Gates.