December 21, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Documents released under Freedom of Information laws have revealed Forestry Tasmania was advised not to log part of a coupe on South Bruny Island because of its potential as a Swift Parrot habitat.
Source: ABC Online
December 19, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Berlin - A German has succeeded in breeding a rare macaw that is believed to be extinct in the wild. Frieda is the name of the female Spix’s Macaw that was born nearly a month ago in Schoeneiche near Berlin.
Source: Earthtimes
November 19, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
(Washington, D.C.) A project to boost the population of the endangered Thick-billed Parrot in Mexico by creating protected reserves to conserve habitat and providing nest boxes to increase reproduction may make it possible for the species to be once again found in the United States. In September, American Bird Conservancy worked with its Mexican partner group Pronatura Noreste to support the acquisition of 2,470 acres of vital old-growth nesting habitat at Mesa de las Guacamayas in northwestern Mexico, one of three primary nesting areas remaining.
Source: American Bird Conservancy
November 10, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Asociación Armonía (BirdLife in Bolivia), with the support of American Bird Conservancy and World Land Trust-US, has created the world’s first protected area for the Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis, a species with an estimated global population of 300 individuals. The group purchased a 3,555 hectare ranch in the grasslands of eastern Bolivia, a site with 20 Blue-throated Macaws during the breeding season.
Source: BirdLife International
October 25, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
A kakapo suffering lead poisoning and on the edge of death has been saved by the Auckland Zoo.
Source: Stuff.co.nz by MICHAEL FIELD
October 20, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
ONE of Australia’s rarest and fastest birds, the swift parrot, seems to be plummeting in number, and logging has been blamed.
Source: The Age by Andrew Darby
October 14, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation Parrot News
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 14 (UPI)—U.S. and Costa Rican scientists say their research suggests parrots—with more than 90 species facing extinction—might be more adaptable than thought.
Source: United Press International
October 14, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Tasmania has deferred logging an area important for the breeding of the endangered swift parrot.
Source: The Age
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