A pair of Yellow- naped Amazons. © LOCO


OMETEPE, ‘ISLAND OF HOPE’ FOR THE YELLOW-NAPED AMAZON


DR. DAVID WAUGH CORRESPONDENT, LORO PARQUE FUNDACIÓN


spectacular island called Ometepe. The two volcanoes, known as Volcán Concepción and Volcán Maderas, are joined by a low isthmus, thus forming the island in the shape of an hourglass. With its longest axis of 31 km and an area of 276 km2, Ometepe is not only the largest island in Lake Nicaragua, but also one of the world’s largest freshwater islands. If


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rom the surface of Lake Nicaragua, in the country of the same name, two volcanoes rise up to form a


that wasn’t enough, Volcán Concepción reaches an altitude of 1,610 m, making Ometepe the world’s highest lake island.


Such an inspiring place gives optimism


for the future of one of its inhabitants, the endangered Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata). Indeed, the Loro Parque Fundación is supporting a conservation project, dubbed the ‘island of hope’, which is being carried out by Fauna and Flora International (FFI) and a


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