Funds for Endangered Parrots
The Fund for Endangered Parrots (FBP ) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the field of wildlife conservation, the projects for the conservation of endangered parrot species, maintaining and promoting the world.
History
Within the Established in 1982, the Zoological Society of Species and Populations Protection Association ( ZGAP ) 1989, the Working Group was established parrot conservation. The working group was the first organization that has pointed to the threatening situation of the Spix's Macaw, which is now extinct in the wild worldwide. The working group was renamed in October 1991 in funds for endangered parrots.
The Fund decides largely independent not only of the project funding. In the 20 years since the founding of approximately € 475,000 were awarded in grants. Since 1996, the fund is open to all interested members and conducts an annual conference in the fall. (see below)
Wildlife conservation and project funding
Almost 50 percent of all parrot species are threatened, nearly 25 percent of species very endangered. The main reasons for this are the ongoing habitat destruction, such as by burning or colonization on the one hand, but also to be the bird trade, which is still " wild-caught " offers. In addition to these two main reasons, of course, there are a number of other such hunting and persecution as crop pests, the penetration of other species in the habitat, the change of the habitat, the risk of breeding sites and Nistbäumen, the overuse of food resources of birds.
The FBP supports projects that contribute to species protection in parrots. To date, 43 species of parrots. Of central importance is the cooperation with conservation groups and the population of each region, in order to ensure sustainable through cooperation and education measures to protect species and their habitats.
Two examples of the work of the Fund. The conservation project of Santa Marta in Colombia Rotschwanzsittichs the FBP promotes a project of the Colombian Foundation Alianza para Ecosistemas Críticos. This seeks close cooperation with the Indian population of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The endemic Santa Marta Rotschwanzsittichs is a keystone of the educational work of the uniqueness of the flora and fauna of the massif. The conservation project implies that all participants are working as equal partners in the observation in the Indian reservations and in the determination of distribution structures, the identification of breeding areas and migration corridors as well as the analysis of the stock situation and causes of danger. Through the optimization of small-scale cheese production in the circulation area of the parakeets by a dairy specialist of FBP and the establishment of a trademark for its production is at the same time tried the habitat structure of parakeets to secure the long term.
The causes of endangerment of the Orange -crested Cockatoo on the Indonesian island of Sumba are the same. The main reasons are the decline of nesting and especially catch and trade, ie the black market. In addition to developing basic data on distribution, density, and the importance of each threat factors, the control and monitoring of trade is a key project task. It was the first time to achieve a conviction of illegal poachers. In parallel, a strategy to raise awareness of the population has been developed, for example, the visits of schools with a produced from the environment of the fund educational film provides. Since many small schools do not have electricity, so a film is a big event. Local counterpart here is BirdLife Indonesia.
Other examples of parrot species of funded projects:
- Asia: Umbrella Cockatoo, Rotsteißkakadu, Palawan Spatelschwanzpapagei, lory
- America: Lear's Macaw, Red-fronted Macaw, Yellow -eared Parrot, King Parrot, Dwarf Amazon, Ecuador Amazon, Great Green Macaw
- Africa: Rußköpfchen
About the ZGAP the FBP is represented in the EAZA and IUCN. International partner organizations of the FBP are the Loro Parque Fundacion, North of England Zoological Society ( Chester Zoo) and BirdLife International.
Meetings
The activities carried out since 1996 meetings bring members, managers and all interested parties together. The conference program will include presentations on a wide range of parrot -related issues such as parrot conservation in the wild and activities of the Fund as well as lectures on European conservation breeding programs and breeding books, breeding and maintenance reports less endangered species, nutrition, veterinary and biological issues, reports from the field or the latest developments the taxonomy include. At the individual lectures are followed by open discussions. The meetings are attended on average by around 150 people, so that it can be assumed that a considerable multiplier effect among German parrot holders. The surpluses of the meetings will be used for conservation projects. The meetings shall be held with a parrot and bird exhibition or in collaboration with a bird park or zoo in connection.
Composition and duties
The "Fund for Endangered Parrots " is made up of parrot experts who are committed to the protection of parrots in the wild. Formally, it is divided into a working group of the circle, a decision group and project supervisors are elected. Purpose of the Fund or of the working group members are the screening and evaluation of project proposals, proposals of projects, evaluation of work in the projects and the preparation and organization of meetings. The working group includes the time Thomas Arndt, Marcellus Bürkle, Detlev Franz, Hans -Jürgen Künne, Rainer Niemann, Matthias Rein Schmidt, Marion Wiegel and René Wüst ( Speaker of the FBP).