Figure 1: Laney Rickman Blue-throated Macaw Reserve is located 42 kilometers south of Trinidad (Beni department capital), and 213 kilometers southeast of the Barba Azul Nature Reserve (Armonía’s first reserve to protect Blue-throated Macaw habitat). Armonía protect vital Blue-throated Macaw habitat in 2 isolated subpopulations (estimated subpopulation range indicated in light green).
2. Reserve Creation
The Laney Rickman Blue-throated Macaw Reserve was established on the 28th of August 2018 to protect the most important breeding habitat of the endemic and Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis) southern subpopulation. The reserve measures 681ha/1.683ac and is located in the Loreto municipality, Beni Department, Bolivia (fig. 1). With the support from the Parrot Society UK, Van Tienhoven Foundation and Susan Hillard, Armonía was able to kickstart this new Blue-throated Macaw Reserve with many management activities: contracting our new park guard Cesar Flores (world’s most knowledge expert on Blue-throated Macaw nest box monitoring) (fig.2), the placement
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of the “Laney Rickman Reserve sign” (fig.3), patrolling the reserve with our newly purchased quad-bike (fig.4), and helping to gain local support through presenting our conservation actions at municipal and departmental events.
Figure 2. Cesar Flores, Armonía’s new park guard for the Laney Rickman Blue-throated Macaw Reserve who has been working for Armonía since 2009. Picture taken by Marton Hardy.
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