Nine projects, five partners, and joint efforts with municipal governments and local communities have driven the creation and consolidation of subnational protected areas across five departments of Bolivia. The goal now is to move closer…
July 19 and 20, more than ten communities from Torotoro National Park gathered to take part in the first Red-fronted Macaw Futsal Championship: “Playing for its Conservation.” This unique event brought together sport, local identity,…
Cover photo: Two Red-fronted Macaws (Ara rubrogenys), in La Viña, Omereque, Central Bolivia. Jennifer Cahill
Biodiversity conservation strategies are evolving. Since the preservation of large natural spaces, currently the challenge is to identify and protect small…
Cover photo: Biologists Alfredo Fuentes and Javier Quisbert collect numerous species collections late into the night in the Chunkani locality of Madidi National Park.
"As Bolivians, we must be aware that flora, plants and ecosystems are…
Executive Director's Letter on the Twenty-Seventh Anniversary of Asociación Civil Armonía
Congratulations to Armonía on its 27th anniversary as a Bolivian civil society organization. Throughout the years, Armonía has achieved significant and unique advancements in…
16 years of efforts led to the 100th chick fledging on April 9, 2021
12 Blue-throated Macaws fledged from six nestboxes this season
Record of 9 breeding adults with leg bands…
We have become accustomed to endorsing climate change with the blame for natural disasters. But it has no conscience, no will. We must look more closely at the consequences of our actions to recognize our…
In a commitment to protecting the high Andean Polylepis forests, which are the main habitat of endangered species such as the Royal Cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae) and the Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus), in 2017 Asociacion Armonia…
To prevent extinction of species and protect a population, it helps to know how many individuals actually exist. Over the past few years, different estimates of the Blue-throated Macaw population have been suggested, but in…
Land Use Management Plan with declaration of Barba Azul Nature Reserve as a Private Natural Heritage Reserve. Photo by Ivan Perez.
In this article:
Bolivia authorizes first Private Natural Heritage Reserve in nine years, the first…
Blue-throated Macaw chicks that successfully fledged from PBA-16 (E4). Photo: Cesar Flores - Asociación Armonía.
Highlights from the 2019-2020 breeding season:
12 Blue-throated Macaw chicks fledged, tying last year’s record 9 Blue-throated Macaw breeding…
Breeding Blue-throated Macaws posed playfully on dead Moriche palm nest (Photo: Tjalle Boorsma - Asociacion Armonia).
2020 Blue-throated Macaw rainy season search expedition results:
⬥10 Blue-throated Macaw nests discovered in the northwestern subpopulation ⬥3…