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2020. március 3., kedd 09:57 |
World sensation: The Spix's Macaw is back. |
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Berlin, 3 March, 2020 (APA/OTS) - Extinct parrot species is being resettled in Brazil. - Just in time for this year's World Wildlife Day, today, 52 Spix's Macaw parrots, 49 from the ACTP headquarters in Berlin, 3 from Pairi Daiza in Belgium, will arrive in Brazil - here, they will be prepared for their reintroduction and further life in the wild over the next months. More information on www.act-parrots.org, on www.pressebox.de/newsroom/actp-ev and #spixsAreComingHome. |
This parrot species, which has been considered extinct in the wild
for two decades, has been known worldwide since the movie "Rio", in
which a Spix's Macaw named "Blu" plays the leading role. The
excitement is correspondingly great in Brazil, where the villages of
the Caatinga region and Curaçá City in the state Bahia in the
northeast of the country are preparing to receive the birds. The
reintroduction of the Spix's Macaw is part of a larger community
program in Caatinga, which was declared a protected area in 2018, to
promote biodiversity and organic farming. The approximately 7,500
students in the local schools will be taught about the project and
will thus be sensitized to the topic of species conservation and
eco-tourism.
The animals had fallen victim to decades of poaching and the loss
of their natural habitat through cattle breeding and colonisation.
Breeding seemed impossible as only a very small number of birds had
survived and the genetic pool was too limited. So, the first
attempts to breed were unsuccessful. In 2012, the Brazilian federal
government agency ICMBio, Institute for the Conservation of
Biodiversity, together with several partner organizations
established an Action Plan to increase the captive population,
protect the habitat and promote the reintroduction of the Spix's
Macaw.
In 2016, the non-profit organisation ACTP, which has been committed
to the protection, conservation and development of threatened parrot
populations and their habitats since its foundation in 2006,
launched the "Spix Release Project" together with the ICMBio and the
support of the Belgian Pairi Daiza Foundation. In 2018, all Spix
stocks were therefore brought together at ACTP in Berlin. Under the
supervision of a team of experts, a critical number of animals have
been bred over the last few years. Fortunately, the captive breeding
technology developed by the holders and the artificial insemination
program of Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation from Qatar, helped
increase the small population of 53 birds in 2000 up to 180 healthy
parrots today. From these, the first animals are now to be resettled
to their original home.
On March 3, 2020, the birds and their accompanying team of
veteranians, animal keepers, biologists, members of the Brazilian
government and cameramen will fly in a specially chartered aircraft
to Petrolina in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, not far from the
parrots' new destination: a large breeding and release center near
Curaçá, in the state of Bahia. It is located on a 45 hectare site in
the protected Caatinga area. Here, the parrots will be prepared for
their life in the wild. In 2021, the first group of Spix's Macaws
will be released into the wild.
About ACTP Association for the Conservation of Threatend Parrots (ACTP) is a
registered non-profit association. The association was founded in
2006 and has its headquarters in Berlin. It is dedicated to the
protection, conservation and development of threatened parrot
populations and their habitats. In 2008, the association bred the
first Spix's Macaws in Berlin. More information on
www.act-parrots.org, on www.pressebox.de/newsroom/actp-ev and
#spixsAreComingHome.
About ICMBio Federal agency, responsible for the conservation programs in
Brazil. It is the coordinator of the Spix's Macaw Action Plan and
Captive Breeding Program. It is the manager of the Spix's Macaw
Wildlife Refugee and Environmental Protected Area.
About Pairi Daiza Foundation Pairi Daiza Foundation is a non-profit association, housed by the
Pairi Daiza zoo in Brugelette, Belgium, that aims to manage and
protect nature reserves and threatened animals all over the world.
In addition to the pedagogical role of showing the wonders of
biodiversity and sensitizing visitors, the Pairi Daiza Foundation
wants to go further and give back to nature what it has given us.
Picture is available at AP Images (http://www.apimages.com)
Press contacts ACTP: press@act-parrots.eu, +49(151)53114473 ICMBIO: comunicacao@icmbio.gov.br Pairi Daiza: mathieu.goedefroy@pairidaiza.eu (English), claire.gilissen@pairidaiza.eu (French)
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