Preventing the extinction of Bolivia’s Critically Endangered Red-fronted Macaw
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £294,900
WHERE Bolivia
Summary
The greatest threat to Bolivia’s endemic Red-fronted Macaw is the trafficking of eggs and chicks. We will protect macaws from poachers by forming teams of farmer- stewards to patrol nest sites and will provide economic benefits to local communities to help them cover the opportunity cost of preventing trafficking. These benefits will comprise development projects that prioritize the needs of women. We will institutionalize longterm management of the species by creating a series of Municipal Macaw Conservation Incentive Programmes.
Municipal Governments, of Omereque, Pasorapa, Saipina, Comarapa and Aiquille, The Mother Earth Authority, Ministry of the Environment, Government of Bolivia
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.
