Reducing Poverty and Illegal Trade utilizing Bolivia’s Charismatic Red-fronted Macaw
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £311,797
WHERE Bolivia
Summary
Armonía-Bolivia stopped the illegal wildlife trade of the Critically Endangered Red-fronted Macaw in the Rio Mizque population through a broad education program, and the development of ecotourism, beekeeping and eco-agricultural programs. We will develop these same programs in the Torotoro Municipality to end this last illegal wildlife trade stronghold in Bolivia. The direct and indirect beneficiaries of this project are five Quechua communities, the Torotoro municipality (10,870 inhabitants) and National Park and over 2 million people living in large cities.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
