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URGENT Appeal: Deep-well needed for drought stricken Red-fronted Macaw Community Nature Reserve and native tree nursery

January 1, 20170Comments

Photo by Steffen Reichle Help Armonía construct a deep-well for the Red-fronted Macaw Community Reserve. UPDATE 10-01-2017: With the help of generous supporters like you we already have raised $12,770! Armonía created the Red-fronted Macaw Reserve…

Video: Alternative feathers save Macaws!

November 28, 20160Comments

[youtube id="PsGXOybpyMM" align="center" mode="normal" maxwidth="700"] Meet Jesus Chávez Barrios, he is native of the Beni Department, and is one of Armonía’s best educators. Jesus works with Moxeño-Trinitario youth to save Macaws in Beni by promoting…

Successful firefighting at Barba Azul Nature Reserve

November 23, 20160Comments

The operation was concluded after 7 hours of tireless effort of helpful neighbours, Armonía personel and researchers battled the 3 meter tall flames. (Photo by Fabian Meijer) In the heart of the 2016 dry season, thousands…

BioClimandes: understanding the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in the Tropical Andes

November 17, 20160Comments

The Tropical Andes is one of the biologically most diverse regions on Earth, with a wide variety of ecosystems that are increasingly exposed to the adverse effects of climate change. These ecosystems provide key goods…

Six thousand macaws saved by Armonía’s alternative feather program

September 24, 20160Comments

Every headdress is made of an average of 30 feathers, that means that one headdress of artificial feathers saves at least 15 macaws. (Photo: Wendy Willis) Armonía’s educational program empowers the Moxeño native communities to protect…

Beefing up sustainable cattle-ranching is a bargain for Bolivia and its birds

September 10, 20160Comments

Best practices to optimize the use of grasslands for beef production suit perfectly the objectives of conservationists too. That’s how profit and sustainability go hand in hand.(Photo:Márton Hardy) Sustainability and profit should go hand in hand…

Buffies are back at Barba Azul Nature Reserve

September 6, 20160Comments

In order to shed light on the population dynamics and migration pattern of the species, Armonía conducts yearly population surveys.(Photo: Daniel Alarcón) Just as if they knew that today we celebrate World Shorebirds Day, the Buff-breasted Sandpipers…

Video: Join us for the First Sustainable Ranching Conference of the Bolivian Lowlands

July 24, 20160Comments

First Sustainable Ranching Conference of the Bolivian Lowlands Join us in Santisíma Trinidad de Beni, Bolivia, August 11-12 for the First Sustainable Ranching Conference of the Bolivian Lowlands. The event will shed light on experiences of…

First-ever record of White-eared Opossum for Beni Department in the Barba Azul Nature Reserve

July 15, 20160Comments

Further studies will have to determine the impact this news species on the nest-box programe (Photo: Luis Miguel Ortega) This would be the first ever documented record of the White-eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris) for the Beni…

The discovery of a new rainy-season roosting site of the Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw

July 7, 20160Comments

Fifteen birds were recorded at a roosting site, 40 Km North of the Barba Azul Nature Reserve in an area where BTM were not known to exist. (Photo: Sebastian K. Herzog) In January 2016, Cornell Lab…

Critically Endangered macaw chicks fly the nest boxes

July 4, 20160Comments

Blue-throated Macaw chicks in their nest box Last year, we celebrated as 10 Blue-throated Macaw chicks safely hatched and fledged from our artificial nest boxes. This is fantastic news for a Critically Endangered species that is being driven…

Ecotourism in Bolivia supporting indigenous communities

March 21, 20160Comments

Indigenous communities benefit from conservation of the Red-fronted Macaw How the protection of an endangered macaw is empowering Quechua indigenous people in the Andean valleys of central Bolivia. Tourism numbers to the Red-fronted Macaw Reserve have…

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