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Bird Conservation around the World and in Our Own Backyards: From Awe to Action
October 18, 2023 @ 11:33 am PDT
FreeWednesday, October 18, 2023. 7:30 – 9 pm. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Fleischmann Auditorium
Presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management.
A landmark 2019 report in Science describes a loss of 3 billion birds in North America since 1970. Seventy bird species have lost two-thirds of their population over this period. The causes are numerous, many threats continue, and climate change brings more challenges and uncertainties. Despite over a century of bird conservation, losses continue.
Yet conservation opportunities, informed by science, bring pathways to reversing and avoiding declines. These include advances in regenerative agriculture, smart siting of land-transforming renewable energy, investments in green infrastructure and nature’s contributions to climate resilience, and large landscape collaborative conservation.
Presenter Lynn Scarlett will draw upon her many years of experience at the Department of the Interior, The Nature Conservancy, and with collaborative conservation partnerships across the nation to explore conservation opportunities, their complexities and challenges, and their relevance to California and Santa Barbara. At TNC, she served on the global executive team, oversaw and influenced climate and conservation policy in the United States and the 79 countries and territories.
The program is free to the public.