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ICMBio reported to end cooperation with ACTP in Spix’s Macaw re-introduction project

Mongabay has very recently published an article in two parts on the recent decision by the Brazilian government agency, ICMBio, to end any co-operation with ACTP in the re-introduction of the Spix’s Macaw into the wild in Bahia. This was brought about by the activities of Martin Guth, the owner of ACTP. The links to the article are: https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/for-extinct-spixs-macaw-successful-comeback-is-overshadowed-by-uncertainty/ Institutional conflict puts successful Spix’s macaw reintroduction at risk (mongabay.com)

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Tuesday 1st July 2025
Report on the impact of wild-fires on the Hyacinth macaws in the wild

There is a report by the Instituto Arara Azul published in 2019 on the impact of fire on the Hyacinth Macaw population inthe wild. The report can be read under " The Pantanal and its future."
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" Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret "

( If you drive out nature with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back)

Horace (65-8 BC)