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The Red-and-Green Macaw Reintroduction
ProjectNoelia L. Volpe
Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
The IberáWetlands
Map by Cristian Schneider (2010 SCGIS scholar)
Introduction
The Conservation Land Trust (CLT)
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Doug and Kris Tompkins
Tapir Jaguar
Giant ant-eater Pampas deer Collared peccary
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Red-and-Green Macaw
Red-and-Green Macaw(Ara chloropterus)
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Red-and-Green Macaw(Ara chloropterus)
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Red-and-Green Macaw(Ara chloropterus)
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Quarentine
Pre-release
Release
Captivity
Steps
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
First release attempt (October 2015)
7 individualsHard release:
- 1 month inside release enclosure- no rehabilitation process
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Beginning Stages
Not successful
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
First release attempt (October 2015)
First release attempt (October 2015)
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
2 individuals predated by wildcat
1 individual dead for unknown causes
3 individuals dispersed outside our detection range
1 individual recaptured
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Feeder Feeder
Flight training
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
8m 25m
Living enclosure Flight tunnel
Rethinking the process
Recognizing feeding platforms
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Learning navigation
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Promoting exploration
Second release attempt (June 2017)
Current situation
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
JUNE 20178 forest patches
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
NOVEMBER 201730 forest patches
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
MAY 201859 forest patches
(73.5 ha)
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11 km
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12 released macaws
2 predation events1 dispersion event
More macaws in training stage
12 months later…
27 spof wild fruits
Use of nest boxes
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
Seed dispersal
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
• Increasing the number of macaws
Captive breeding International donations
(UK)
(Brasil)
Moving forward
• Expand to new sites
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
- Analyzing space/time use patterns (kernel distribution, Thiessen polygons, time cubes?)
- Modelling resource-distribution in time and space
- Using Survey 1,2,3 for data collection
•Introduction •Beginning stages •Rethinking the process •Current situation •Moving Forward
GIS
Lo que sea!
Salidas al pueblo
Caballos
Transportar cosas MR-San Ignacio
Cosas tecnologicas
Cosas en las que yo los puedoayudarQuestions?