Climate Change and Wildlife Science Fellow

Defenders of Wildlife is committed to understanding how climate change threatens native species and their habitats, then acting to reduce these vulnerabilities through adaptive, practical responses. The Climate Change and Wildlife Science Fellowship offers a post-doctoral opportunity for professional development and publication opportunities in the emerging field of climate change adaptation policy and natural resources management.

The Climate Change and Wildlife Science Fellow will assist the organization in understanding the impacts of climate change on wildlife and its habitat, developing adaptation strategies, guidance or tools to mitigate the impacts over the next century, and communicating these impacts and strategies to policymakers, media, government agencies and the public.  The Fellow is encouraged to engage in entrepreneurial synthetic research and creative outreach in support of adaptive policy and management solutions to climate change. The Fellow will shape an innovative vision for addressing climate change impacts and responses in the context of other major threats to biodiversity (e.g., habitat destruction, invasive species, and human development patterns).  He/she will link technical scientific findings to conservation action and will offer technical assistance and play a leading role in "mainstreaming" climate adaptation into Defenders’ conservation programs and into government agency programs.....