Archive for the ‘Team’ Category
On 1993, a group of friends, concerned about the conservation of natural resources, gathered to create a non-governmental organization called Fundacao Netropica do Brasil. During these 15 year of work, Neotropica promoted and practiced nature conservation at Mato Grosso do Sul state through countless projects. There were many challenges, conquests and results (http://www.fundacaoneotropica.org.br/). The Blue Fronted Amazon Parrot Project is among the many ongoing projects. We are glad to be part of this story! Our sincere thanks to the team members, council, partners, collaborators, patrons, and encouragers for the success thus far!!!
This is Vandir Fernandes, 52 years old, the field technician of the Blue Fronted Amazon Parrot Project. He has been working with the Project since it started, in 1997; and has participated on every single field trip. He has several qualities and is a good friend of everybody. He is well known in all the farms, as “Seu Vandir”. He does the entire “hard job”, like to carry the stairs, and also the “risky job”, as go up to the parrot’s nests to monitor the eggs, or stay on a branch of a tree in a river’ margin. To have access to the parrot’s nests in the trees is several times necessary to use of rappel technique or stairs (used when the tree is dead).
He also helps on the training of extern college students, who have a lot to learn with his experience. He is always present when we try to aware children and “Pantaneiros” (people who live in Pantanal).
Glaucia Seixas began her career at a Wild Animal Rehabilitation Center, which every year receives, rehabilitees and find a destiny for hundreds of nestlings of Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva). These birds are captured from their nests at Pantanal, Brazil for supply the national and international illegal animal trade. Concerned with the parrots, Glaucia Seixas begun your work for the species’ conservation on 1997, called “BLUE-FRONTED PARROT PROJECT”. Since then, Since 2004 she has dedicated herself exclusively for the BLUE-FRONTED PARROT PROJECT, trough a non-governmental organization, the Fundacao Neotropica do Brasil.
Gláucia conducts research and conservation to raise awareness and to protect the Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva) which is threatened by the illegal capture of this parrot from their natural habitat. |
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