The Green Macaw

The great green macaw (Ara ambiguus) has a limited distribution in the Atlantic humid lowlands of Central America from Honduras to northern Colombia, with an isolated population in the Pacific in Esmeraldas and Guayaquil, Ecuador. The world population is about 7,000 individuals. In Costa Rica, its nesting range is currently limited to approximately 600 km2 of tropical wet forest of the country on the border with Nicaragua to the north. This majestic bird in danger of extinction depends strongly on the mountain almond (Dipteryx panamensis) for feeding and nesting.

CONSERVACIÓNLa PLAN survival of the macaw depends on the availability of suitable habitat and intact, which is why in conjunction with several local and national stakeholders in 1998 proposed the implementation of a conservation plan that could protect sufficient habitat to maintain a small breeding population healthy in Costa Rica. This bold comprehensive conservation plan is now known as "Corridor San Juan-La Selva" and includes the creation of "National Wildlife Refuge Maquenque Joint" in 2005, with an area of ​​54.000 ha of natural ecosystem covering the area nesting green macaw.

In this sense we restrict or prohibit the use of the forest industry in the critical zone of the Great Green Macaw nesting and cutting partially veto the almond. In the interest of sustainable development in the Northern Zone and the preservation of the green macaw we encourage farmers to exploit their forests in a sustainable manner through the extraction of non-timber products such as medicinal plants, fruits and seeds and support options sustainable reforestation with native timber species that benefit the Great Green Macaw, through an Environmental Service Payment economically favorable to this type of project.

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