Good News for Linking Habitat Conservation Across the Americas
John Hannan has worked with multiple bird conservation organizations across the Americas. Join us to see his beautiful imagery of our hemisphere’s birds and landscapes while learning about some of the key bird conservation initiatives happening right now across the Americas.
Migratory birds are in peril across the hemisphere.
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This work, being done by a wide ranging coalition, has become a core part of National Audubon’s ten-year strategy and there is a central role chapters can play in it. Together we can help build healthy and sustainable communities all along our migratory birds’ flyways, therefore protecting the same birds we work to safeguard right here in Connecticut. From massive endeavors to preserve more than 550 million acres of of coastal and wetlands habitat to community science projects you can participate in, John will present an uplifting view of bird conservation in the Americas and ways you can be part of it.
John Hannan is a 40-year veteran of the non-profit world, most of it in the conservation sphere. He has been a part of the Audubon family at all levels. On staff, at National Audubon, he was Director of Development of the Audubon Connecticut field operations, helped launch the Americas Flyways’ Strategy fund-raising efforts, and was part of the planning team for the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Conservation Business Plan. In NY, he is a past Chair of the Audubon New York State Chapters’ Council and a past and present President of the Bedford Audubon Board of Directors.
Prior to Audubon, at the Greentree Foundation, he helped protect thousands of acres of Long Leaf Pine Forest in Georgia and turned a gilded age Long Island estate into a Center for International Peace Conferences. At Riverkeeper, he focused on protecting the Hudson River and its surrounding watershed and at New York Cares he created volunteer programs to assist the poor and disabled in NYC. During the 80s and 90s, he helped promote economic stability, human rights, and sustainable development for rural communities in Central America.
Over the last ten years, John has continued building on his vision of forming key partnerships that address the problems of conservation and community development. This work has taken him to Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, and Nicaragua to name just a few. During this time, he supervised the management of over 650 health, education, environmental and economic development projects conducted by more than 3,000 international volunteers working side by side with residents of approx. 40 rural communities in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
Since 2018 he focused his work with BirdLife International, building awareness and support for the Partnership’s coordinated global conservation programs. This work brings together more than 120 of the world’s leading NGOs, advancing key hemispheric bird conservation initiatives across the globe while building long-term sustainable economies and community benefits. Now that he has retired, he wants to help build local awareness of how migratory birds truly bring an environmental connectivity we all share across our planet and how important it is for all of us to protect these fragile natural resources we depend upon.
Hannan has been a serious bird watcher, ornithologist, and nature photographer for 40+ years. He currently resides with his wife and children in the Northern Westchester County town of Somers, NY.