When you support Macaw Recovery Network (MRN), you help to make a difference for the most charismatic birds of Costa Rica, including the critically endangered Great Green Macaw, and support biodiversity conservation in one of the world’s most biologically important areas.
Great Green Macaws are renowned for their beauty, intelligence, and charisma. Unfortunately, due to slow reproductive rates and the many threats they face, only about 500 – 1,000 Great Green Macaws remain in the wild, with only about 300 in Costa Rica.
MRN is working to reverse this decline in macaw numbers by protecting their habitat and supporting communities in surrounding areas.
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With WCN’s 100% model, your entire gift supports the conservationists working to protect macaws and their habitat.
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19
Chicks Hatched
MRN monitored 23 wild great green macaw nests this year and record 19 hatchlings.
1,015
Acres Protected
MRN expanded the Sarapiquí Rainforest Reserve, doubling it in size from 514 acres to 1,015 acres of protected habitat.
100+
Plant Species Cared For
MRN’s habitat team who care for at least 100 different species of plants in their nursery, Casa del Titor
Solutions in Action
Thriving Nature & Wildlife
Restoring Habitat
MRN’s habitat protection and restoration program focuses on integrating communities into long term solutions. MRN’s native tree nursery houses thousands of seeds and saplings. While these saplings grow, MRN supports improved land-use practices to protect remaining Mountain Almond trees and other key plant species the Great Green Macaw relies on.
Thriving People
Empowering Women
MRN launched a Women Ranger Program in December 2020 with women in rural northern Costa Rica, who had lost their jobs due to COVID-19. The women participated in workshops with information about the Great Green Macaw, received training to monitor active nests in the wild and completed certifications in Environmental Education and Habitat Restoration.
Thriving Wildlife & People
Reducing Conflict
To reduce deforestation and the illegal trapping of birds for the pet trade, MRN’s Habitat and Outreach programs in Costa Rican communities helps bring about a generational shift that sees macaws as wild, free-flying creatures rather than caged pets, and forests as valuable components of ecosystems that should not be chopped down for short-term gain.
Quote“If we want to safeguard the future of macaws, we must work with people. I'm not going to be here forever, so we need to work with communities to have them lead conservation efforts indefinitely.”
Pamela Herrera Barquero, Outreach Program Leader Macaw Recovery Network (MRN)
