HMA Lunch & Learn Series: Wings Across Borders; How Audubon is Protecting Birds
Wednesday, July 23 at 12:00 pm EST
For HMA’s July Lunch & Learn, we were excited to welcome Jorge Velásquez who spoke about how Audubon is protecting birds across the Americas.
Audubon Americas is addressing the interconnected bird conservation crisis across the Western Hemisphere by advancing three core strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Protected Areas, Regenerative Agriculture, and Coastal Resilience. Their efforts are part of the hemispheric response to the loss of nearly 3 billion birds in North America and the mounting threats to resident bird species in Latin America. Through strategic partnerships and community-led action, they are helping safeguard critical habitats, transform working lands into bird-friendly landscapes, and build nature-based defenses along vulnerable coasts. Together, these strategies not only protect birds but also strengthen ecosystems and communities in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss.
Jorge Velásquez serves as Science Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Audubon Americas. In this role Jorge conducts spatial action mapping efforts to develop conservation portfolios for multiple projects, coordinates the development of web apps and tools to communicate results and leads impact monitoring of conservation projects. He holds a PhD in Ecology and Evolution from SUNY Stony Brook.
