The Ara Project

The Ara Project (Eng. The Ara Project) is a Costa Rican licensed zoological park and a non-profit organization (formerly known as Amigos de las Aves).

Objectives

The Ara Project is dedicated to the preservation of the two native macaw species of Costa Rica: the critically endangered Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus ), also called Bechsteinara, and the Scarlet Macaw ( Ara macao ), also called Arakanga.

The Ara Project unites breeding methods and aviary management for the purpose of conducting controlled reintroduction programs in cooperation with the seeded Costa Rica's wildlife and conservation, created and controlled by MINAET ( Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones ), the Ministry of Environment, Energy and telecommunications.

The Ara Project has been 80 Scarlet Macaws reintroduced to its introduction into the wild places.

The Ara Project will launch in 2011 a reintroduction program for the Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus ).

History

In the 1980s, the retired American emigrants Margot and Richard Frisius be confiscated by the government and delivered by private holders parrots, began to worry. In 1992, she launched an official breeding program for the two native macaw species of Costa Rica. For this purpose, the non-profit organization " Amigos de las Aves " ( Friends of Birds ) was launched.

Over the years, the largest population of the Great Green Macaw in captivity, and a functioning reintroduction program of Scarlet Macaws developed so.

2008 Margot Frisius died and the family Frisius decided to continue its project, the delivery of the organization to the Trust Fund, known since 2009 as "The Ara Project".

The Ara Project has a new concept for the conservation of macaws, while preserving the vision of Frisius family and their successful technique based on years of experience breeding and reintroduction of macaws.