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World Parrot Day 2025: Celebrating Parrots, Partners, and Progress

World Parrot Day 2025: Celebrating Parrots, Partners, and Progress

World Parrot Day 2025: Celebrating Parrots, Partners, and Progress Each year on May 31st, World Parrot Day (WPD) brings people together from every corner of the globe to celebrate parrots, spotlight the threats they face, and honour the tireless efforts...

June 7, 2025

Africa Fighting Wildlife Trade Grey Parrot Program

World Parrot Day: Wild Africa, World Parrot Trust Call for Stronger Protection of Parrots in Nigeria

On World Parrot Day May 31, 2024, Wild Africa Fund (WAF), in partnership with the Nigerian Tribune, hosted an impactful X Space event to spotlight the ecological importance of parrots and the significant threats they face.

May 31, 2025

Africa Grey Parrot Program

Trafficked parrots return to DRC

The Democratic Republic of Congo has welcomed back 112 Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus) in a landmark moment in the fight to end trafficking of parrots in the region. Grey Parrots are classified as IUCN Endangered, having been captured in the...

December 12, 2024

World Parrot Day X Space: Experts Unite to Protect Africa’s Parrots

Africa Fighting Wildlife Trade Grey Parrot Program

World Parrot Day X Space: Experts Unite to Protect Africa’s Parrots

July 19, 2024

Innovative Legal Training Launched to Combat African Grey Parrot Trafficking in DRC

Africa Fighting Wildlife Trade Grey Parrot Program

Innovative Legal Training Launched to Combat African Grey Parrot Trafficking in DRC

World Parrot Trust has teamed up with Law and Wildlife (LaW) and NEDA eLearning Solutions to launch a new initiative which aims to improve law enforcement and help end the trafficking of African Grey parrots in the Democratic Republic of...

May 27, 2024

Congo journey: Working together to give African Greys a second chance in the DRC

Africa Grey Parrot Program

Congo journey: Working together to give African Greys a second chance in the DRC

On the 6th September 2021, 60 African Grey parrots were far from their home of the lush African forests; instead, they sat on a dusty runway in the remote town of Lodja in Sankuru province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The once wild parrots were...

October 21, 2021

Africa Grey Parrot Program

Fighting for African Grey Parrots!

Next week countries from around the world will gather in Geneva to discuss ways to manage the global trade in endangered wildlife. On the agenda is the trade in Grey and Timneh Parrots following the decision by CITES to end...

November 24, 2017

Ban on trade in wild Grey Parrots comes into effect

Africa Grey Parrot Program

Ban on trade in wild Grey Parrots comes into effect

2017 starts on a positive note for parrots as the transfer of Grey Parrots to Appendix I of CITES comes into effect. The new listing, which was voted on by the international community in October last year, brings about an...

January 3, 2017

Declines in Grey and Timneh Parrots prompt listing as Endangered

Africa Grey Parrot Program Timneh Parrot Program

Declines in Grey and Timneh Parrots prompt listing as Endangered

On December 8th, Grey and Timneh Parrots were uplisted as endangered, the second highest level of threat on the IUCN Red List of globally threatened species. This change follows their uplisting to CITES Appendix I in October and reflects growing...

December 21, 2016

Is an End to the Trade in Wild Grey Parrots in Sight?

Africa Grey Parrot Program

Is an End to the Trade in Wild Grey Parrots in Sight?

An end to the trade in wild-caught African Grey Parrots has come one step closer to reality. A number of African countries (including Gabon, Angola, Chad, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo) together with the European Union and the United States...

August 16, 2016

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Category: Grey Parrot Program

World Parrot Day 2025: Celebrating Parrots, Partners, and Progress

World Parrot Day: Wild Africa, World Parrot Trust Call for Stronger Protection of Parrots in Nigeria

Trafficked parrots return to DRC

World Parrot Day X Space: Experts Unite to Protect Africa’s Parrots

Innovative Legal Training Launched to Combat African Grey Parrot Trafficking in DRC

Congo journey: Working together to give African Greys a second chance in the DRC

Fighting for African Grey Parrots!

Ban on trade in wild Grey Parrots comes into effect

Declines in Grey and Timneh Parrots prompt listing as Endangered

Is an End to the Trade in Wild Grey Parrots in Sight?

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