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Parrot Conservation Organizations

There are a number of organizations committed to parrot conservation:

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) formerly the New York Zoological Society has been dedicated to preserving the earth’s wildlife and ecosystems since its establishment in 1895. WCS relies on long-term field studies to gather information on wildlife needs, and has forged numerous productive relationships with governments and local conservation organisations.

The British Airways Assisting Conservation (BAAC) scheme was established in 1983 and provides logistical support for specific conservation projects, focusing on preserving the essential variety of life on Earth and encouraging the responsible use and sustainable management of the Earth’s natural resources.

The National Audubon Society (NAS) founded in 1905 and with over 550,000 members in 518 chapters throughout the Americas, the National Audubon Society advances its mission to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity.

The Association for Parrot Conservation (APC) was founded in 1993. Its mission is to promote the conservation of wild parrot populations through scientific research, policy recommendations, communication, and education. As a volunteer scientific organisation, the guiding principle of the APC is to promote techniques and strategies that maximise the conservation of biological diversity.

The Research Centre for African Parrot Conservation (RCAPC) was established to provide biological information that will underpin efforts to conserve the threatened parrots of Africa and its islands. As a research centre, RCAPC seeks to apply contemporary principles of conservation biology to issues in the management of parrot populations, both in the wild and captivity. Pan African collaboration and co-operation is central to this work. RCAPC was the focus for African input to the plan.

The Birds Australia Parrot Association (BAPA) is a specialist group attached to Birds Australia (formerly Royal Australian Ornithologists Union), with aims to promote an interest in parrots of the Australian region and their conservation.

BirdLife International is a global alliance of non-governmental conservation organisations (BirdLife Partners) with a focus on birds who, together, are the leading authority on the status of all the world’s birds, their habitats, and the issues and problems affecting bird life. BirdLife is the official Red List Authority for birds for the Species Survival Commission and keeps its information on globally threatened bird species up-to-date through its Globally Threatened Species Programme, involving the BirdLife partnership, SSC Bird Specialist Groups, other authoritative organizations, and a worldwide network of ornithologists and conservationists, co-ordinated by the BirdLife Secretariat. BirdLife’s long-term aims are to: prevent the extinction of any bird species; maintain and where possible improve the conservation status of all bird species; conserve and where appropriate improve and enlarge sites and habitats important for birds; help, through birds, to conserve biodiversity and to improve the quality of people’s lives; integrate bird conservation into sustaining people’s livelihoods.


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