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A pair of blue-goldmacaws in their nest.
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation provides full financial support for the AREAS Project, as well as technical advice, for which we are very appreciative. We hope to meet the Foundation's expectations and look forward to further collaboration in the future. For more information on the Foundation's projects, please consult the Foundation's Web site.
World Wildlife Fund
The project is grateful for financial and logistical support provided by WWF-US and the WWF Peru Program Office (PPO) in administering this project.
Amazon Conservation Association
We also acknowledge the great in-kind support we have received from the Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) and its Peruvian counterpart, the Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica (ACCA). This support has been a great help in starting up this project. For details on ACA's work at Los Amigos and elsewhere, please consult their Web site.
ACCA
The AREAS Project's current research site is the Los Amigos Conservation Concession, managed by the Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica (ACCA). WWF and ACCA work together through shared staff, equipment, information, and other resources. We appreciate the logistical support ACCA has provided us, and we hope to provide initial information about the habits and area needs of the Concession's wide-ranging species.
View the ACCA Web site.
Miami MetroZoo
The AREAS Project and WWF-US are beginning a partnership with the Miami MetroZoo to help the zoo educate and encourage its visitors to do more to save the habitats and wild populations of the species on display in a captive setting. The two organizations are collaborating on a new Tropical America exhibit at the zoo, which will highlight WWF research and conservation efforts in the region, particularly in the Amazon. The exhibit will also allow visitors to view and access data from the research project not only at the zoo, but also in classrooms.
View the Miami MetroZoo Web site.
Botany of Los Amigos Project
The AREAS Project is currently collaborating with Dr. John Janovec and others of The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) on conservation and publication of a book on the aguajal palm swamps, a key habitat along the rivers of the Amazon headwaters. The aguaje palms (Mauritia flexuosa) provide important nesting habitat for many birds, unique fish and plant communities, and food and shelter for a host of other animals, including larger mammals such as peccaries.
View Dr. Janovec's Botany of Los Amigos project Web site.
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