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Guillermo Hernández, one of the leaders of the scarlet macaw conservation program since 1994, was a judge in the drawing contest. (Courtesy of Lizbeth Mora Vargas


Expand the project Thanks to the directors support, the project will continue next year at the Quebrada Ganado School. However, according to Solórzano, there


are hopes of extending it to the rest of the schools of the Aguirre circuit. For this, conversations are in progress with Ministry of Public Education (MEP) officials. “With the success of the Quebrada


Ganado project using cameras and coloring books, as well as the fact that


We have been able to observe the change from generation to generation and now we can say that the species is recovering. And those people who formerly were macaw poachers have converted to collaborators of the project


the scarlet macaws are expanding their distribution thanks to in situ (conservation) management, it would be nice to include more schools in 2018. “Don’t you think? “, Vaughan said enthusiastically.


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