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Fundacion ProAves
Fundacion ProAves is a nonprofit environmental organization in Colombia established in 1998. Its primary aims are to protects birds of conservation concern and their habitats across Colombia.
ProAves currently has 58 full-time professional staff, and 21 conservation programs in progress which have resulted in the creation of the largest private reserve system to protect endangered species in the country ; significant reforestation efforts; the management of a national bird banding and monitoring program ; management of three community properties that adjoin reserves through municipality agreements; establishment of the first Colombian conservation easement; discovery of three species new to science; establishment of three national, annual environmental awareness campaigns (Palm Sunday, Migratory Bird Festival and Paujil Bird Festival; and the establishment of a network of 10 local ecological groups called Amigos de las Aves.
Principal areas Fundacion ProAves is working to conserve include Serrania de las Yariguies, Serrania de los Churumbelos, Serrania de las Quinchas, Pacific slope of Narino, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and the department of Antioquia.
References
Anonymous (2006): New Bird Discovered on Unexplored Colombian Mountain by BP Conservation Programme Project. BP Conservation Programme Newsletter 2006(27): 2-3. PDF fulltext
Donegan, Thomas M. & Huertas, Blanca (2006): A new brush-finch in the Atlapetes latinuchus complex from the Yariguies Mountains and adjacent Eastern Andes of Colombia. ''Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club126(2): 94-116. PDF fulltext
Donegan, Thomas M. & Huertas, Blanca (2005): Threatened Species of Serrania de los Yariguies: Final Report. Published online by Fundacion ProAves, Colombia. Colombian EBA Project Report Series5. PDF fulltext
Huertas, Blanca & Donegan, Thomas M. (2006): Proyecto YARE: Investigacion y Evaluacion de las Especies Amenazadas de la Serrania de los Yariguies, Santander, Colombia. BP Conservation Programme. Informe Final. Published online by Fundacion ProAves, Colombia. Colombian EBA Project Report Series7. PDF fulltext
Salaman, Paul & Donegan, Thomas M. eds. (2007): Estudios y Conservacion en la Serrania de los Churumbelos. Conservacion Colombiana'' 3. [*]
External links
Sistema Nacional de Anillamiento (SNA)
American Bird Conservancy (ABC)
Striking new bird discovered in South America. Daily Mail, October 8, 2006. Retrieved 2006-OCT-09.
Groups find colorful bird in Colombia Associated Press, Lauren Dake, October 9, 2006
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