There will be a separate committee for the Hyacinthine Macaw, which will include experts such as Neiva Guedes

IBAMA, the Brazilian environmental and wildlife protection ministry, has decided to split the joint committee set up some years ago for the conservation and protection of the Hyacinthine Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), the Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari) and Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii). There will be a separate committee for the Hyacinthine Macaw, which will include experts such as Neiva Guedes, co-ordinator of the Projeto Arara Azul in the Pantanal, Yara Barros of IBAMA, Ricardo Bonfim Machado of Conservation International and well-known ornithologist, Pedro Scherer-Neto.