Blue-throated Macaw Nesting Season Begins with New Hope
To protect the Blue-throated Macaw chicks, CLB has installed protective metal skirts around nesting trees to keep predators like snakes and feral cats at bay.
Community-Driven Conservation: Protecting the Santa Marta Parakeet in Colombia
WPT in collaboration with Procat Colombia – Proyecto de Conservación de Aguas y Tierras and SELVA Investigación para la Conservación en el Neotrópico, has been working on a conservation project to protect the endangered Santa Marta Parakeet in Colombia’s Sierra...
Celebrating Women in Parrot Conservation: Honouring Passion, Resilience, and Leadership
This International Women’s Day, the World Parrot Trust proudly recognizes the remarkable women around the world dedicated to protecting parrots and their habitats.
Protecting the Yellow-naped Amazon: Funzel’s Efforts in El Salvador
With support from the World Parrot Trust, Funzel is conducting research on a small population of Yellow-naped Amazons on Isla Tasajera, El Salvador.
Historic Reintroduction of Yellow-shouldered Amazons in Aruba
On January 3, 2024, the Aruba National Park Foundation ( FPNA ) proudly announced the reintroduction of the Yellow-shouldered Amazon, or ‘Lora,’ back into Aruba’s wild landscapes after an absence of 76 years.
Global Partnerships to Combat Parrot Trafficking
In December 2023 WPT’s Trade Specialist, Cristiana Senni, attended the 34th meeting of the Interpol Wildlife Crime Working Group in Lyon, France. The meeting was a chance to meet colleagues face-to-face and forge new connections with law enforcement agencies from...
Red-and-blue Lory Rescue: Over 100 Birds Saved from Trafficking in Indonesia
Recently in Indonesia over a hundred highly endangered Red-and-blue Lories were seized from wildlife trade in Manado Harbour.
African Lovebird Research Breakthrough to Further Conservation Efforts
A new roadmap to boost lovebird conservation Exciting news from the African Lovebird research front: the scientific conservation review paper (Dueker et al. 2023) has now been published by the leading South African journal Ostrich, which is a major step forward in...
Sharing the love: lovebird researchers and conservationists come together at PAOC15 in Vic Falls
Over the last three years lovebird researchers and conservationists from across Africa have been working together to review knowledge gaps and research priorities for the conservation of African lovebirds. This project was initiated by the Parrot Researcher’s Group, and the...
End Wildlife Trafficking and Animal Cruelty online
WPT has joined forces with the Alliance to Counter Crime Online and a raft of wildlife conservation and welfare groups to call for wildlife trafficking and animal cruelty to be included within the UK’s Online Safety Bill. The Bill, which...
