Jamie Gilardi, PhD
COVID-19: A message From Executive Director, Jamie Gilardi
Mar 21, 2020
As I write today, I was meant to be on a plane heading for Puerto Rico, where our partners had planned to release a new group of parrots into the wild – a wonderfully hopeful step to aid the recovery of one of the world’s rarest birds, the Puerto Rican Amazon. As it turns out, both Puerto Rico and...
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Wild parrots at Rio Abajo
Oct 14, 2017
Many thanks for your response to the crisis in Puerto Rico - it has been uplifting to see the outpouring of concern. We have had good news from the Rio Abajo aviary: the project team has confirmed sightings of wild Puerto Rican Amazons.
"We've counted groups of wild iguaca in Rio Abajo. A...
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Their forests were decimated…
Oct 04, 2017
“The aviary took massive damage during the storm, and the Rio Abajo forest can barely be called a forest anymore.”
~ Tanya Martínez, Conservation Biologist on site at Rio Abajo Aviary, Puerto Rico
With sustained winds at 155mph, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on September 20, cutting...
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