Colombian Reserve To Double In Size, Aiding Critically Endangered Parrot

Fuertes's Parrot - photo by Fundación ProAves The critically endangered Fuertes’s Parrot and eleven other globally threatened species of birds, mammals, and amphibians will receive greater protections thanks to a joint effort by Fundación ProAves, World Land Trust-US, Robert Giles, Loro Parque Fundación and American Bird Conservancy.

These organizations joined forces to acquire about 356 acres of land to double the size of the existing Giles-Fuertesi Nature Reserve. The reserve is managed by ProAves, ABC’s Colombian partner and the leading conservation organization in that country.

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New reserve to protect last remaining Fuertes Parrots

Fuertes parrot. Credit ProAves.ProAves has established a 1,500 acre nature reserve, which is the first private protected area for the critically endangered and endemic Fuertes's Parrot.

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