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Gracias a un número de diferentes proyectos realizados por tesistas e investigadores, localizamos en el 2006 una población importante del mono Choibo (Ateles hybridus) en la reserva El Paujil. Este mono está clasificado como En Peligro y solo se conoce que sobreviva en la reserva y sus alrededores.

Gracias al Premio de Conservación de BP, el esfuerzo de investigación comenzó en 2004 con la tesis de un estudiante, y a diciembre de 2006 estaban otras cuatro tesis en proceso, a nivel de graduado y postgraduado.

Última actualización : Miércoles 17 de mayo de 2006

GRUPO ECOLÓGICO AMIGOS DE LAS AVES

1. ¿Quienes somos?

Somos grupos ecológicos creados y apoyados por la Fundación ProAves e integrados por niños, niñas y jóvenes entre los 6 y 17 años de edad de diferentes regiones del país, en especial donde la fundación desarrolla sus acciones. Dedicamos nuestro tiempo libre a apoyar y desarrollar iniciativas para la conservación de la naturaleza y en especial de las aves y sus habitats.

Queremos asumir un compromiso desde niños con el cuidado y protección del medio ambiente que nos permita vivir en armonía con la naturaleza y contribuir a la conservación de los recursos naturales.

2. Nuestra misión

Liderar y desarrollar acciones para el conocimiento y conservación de las aves silvestres y los recursos naturales en las diferentes regiones del país a través del desarrollo de iniciativas locales que promueven la adopción de criterios y prácticas para su conservación.

3. Con nuestras acciones buscamos…

Crear una conciencia ecológica en los miembros de los grupos que contribuya a la protección y conservación de los recursos naturales en las diferentes regiones del país.

Desarrollar en la comunidad infantil la capacidad de analizar su entorno ambiental, de tal forma que les permita elaborar sus propios proyectos de acuerdo a sus necesidades de conservación.

Promover el conocimiento y conservación de las especies de aves amenazadas en las diferentes regiones del país.

Contribuir a la formación de carácter y liderazgo de los miembros del los grupos fomentando los valores de colaboración, disciplina, respeto y responsabilidad.

Crear fuertes lazos de hermandad entre los miembros de los diferentes grupos “Amigos de las Aves”.

Brindar un espacio para el aprovechamiento del tiempo libre.

Ayudar a que la comunidad y los visitantes conozcan las especies que se encuentran en las diferentes áreas donde la Fundación desarrolla sus proyectos y la importancia de estas.

4. Nuestras actividades:

Participación en eventos ambientales (Festivales, Campañas, Actividades masivas).

Desarrollo de actividades para el buen uso del tiempo libre (Cine Club, Centros de Documentación).

Programas al Aire Libre. (salidas de observación de aves, reforestación y jornadas complementarias).

Charlas sobre temas ecológicos de relevancia.

Observar especies silvestres en sus hábitat naturales.

Formación de líderes y guías ambientales.

Participación en las políticas ambientales locales.(PRAES, mesas municipales ambientales).

Apoyo en las actividades de las líneas de trabajo de la fundación Investigación, conservación y educación ambiental.

5. ¿Como puedes hacer parte de los Grupos Amigos de las Aves?

Es muy fácil, debes llenar el FORMATO DE INSCRIPCION DEL GRUPO ECOLÓGICO AMIGOS DE LAS AVES, con tus datos completos. Una vez se formalice tu inscripción tendrás a vuelta de correo el carnet que te acredita como miembro activo del “Grupo Amigos de las Aves” de tu Región.

Actualmente el programa cuenta con más de 200 niños(as) y jóvenes reunidos en grupos locales “Amigos de las Aves” de los municipios de Jardín-Antioquia, Génova-Quindío, Roncesvalles-Tolima.

A group of young investigators arose in 2007 in the regions of Antioquia and Quindío, spurred by the need to train and shape youth as future conservationists, particularly for wild birds.

Our youth learn about birds, and engage in their study and conservation. They are involved in environmental education, investigation, and conservation activities directed by the Foundation.

The groups are integrated from students in the 11th and 12th grades. Some, after participating for an extended period with the ecological group ¨friends of birds,¨ come to influence this group and others who come because of their interest in the subject.

ProAves Foundation has two groups of Young Investigators, one in the municipality of Jardín in the department of Antioquia, created in 2007 and consisting of 8 youths, and the other in the municipality of Génova in the department of Quindío, created in 2008 and consisting of 12 young people and Roncesvalles, Tolima has 11 youth.

Rusty-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca amazonina velezi) is categorized as an endangered species in the international scope and as vulnerable in the Colombian national scope. The reason for this classification is the small population size and the loss and fragmentation of its habitat caused by the expansion of the feed-crops extensions in the Andean forest.

Some of the studies conducted so far regarding the situation of this species are:

Mayorquín, LA 2004. Identification of issues related to the foraging and reproduction of the endangered subspecies of parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina velezi in an area of the eastern flank of the Central Ridge. Resume.

If you want to help to avoid the extinction of three species of parrots in Colombia you can do it through the program Adopt a nest box, by sponsoring the construction and installation of an artificial nest and its monitoring and maintenance during a year.

This program is the result from seven years of research carried out by Fundacion ProAves with the threatened parrots of Colombia, during which we discovered that logging of mature trees for timber in the Andes of Colombia has removed many of the natural nest cavities that are so vital for parrots to nest each year.

So, with the help of Loro Parque Fundación, American Bird Conservancy and International Conure Association, we launched a nest box program in 2003. We were immediately astounded that sometimes within just hours of installing boxes, pairs started nesting in them, showing just how desperate the birds were for somewhere to nest! Importantly, pairs nesting in our boxes were far more successfully at raising all their chicks to fledging than the few pairs nesting in natural cavities.

To make your donation for US$85 or £45, you can click here, complete a simple form and select which species you wish to help save: Santa Marta Parakeet (Endangered), Fuertes’s Parrot (Critically Endangered), or Yellow-eared Parrot (Critically Endangered).

(Ognorhynchus icterotis), (Pyrrhura calliptera) and (Pyrrhura viridicata).

With the Programme Bird Friendly Schools, Fundación ProAves aims to link the educational institutions with conservation, research and environmental education processes being carried out, in order to generate educational projects that will allow the reach and understanding, use and care of biodiversity knowledge with a special emphasis in birds.

Environmental instructors of ProAves perform a close follow up with the institutions through training, creation of groups, organization of workshops, all with topics related to sustainability and the environment.

The Military Macaw (Ara militaris) is a species that has been ranked as vulnerable both globally and nationally due to the destruction of its habitat, the hunting pressure that this species is suffering and the plundering of its nests. This species currently presents a very restricted distribution around different forest areas within the country

Some of the studies conducted so far regarding the situation of this species are:

Sierra, AM 2005. Evaluation of the status of the population, distribution and ecological requirements of a colony of dark-green Macaw Ara militaris in occidental medium Antioqueño. Resume. 

enturas como éstas son únicas en el mundo. La Fundación ProAves a través de su programa de Ecovoluntariado te da un inolvidable experiencia práctica, donde aprenderás sobre uno de los más espectaculares ecosistemas y sus especies en el planeta. Nuestro único programa de voluntariado apoya la conservación de algunos de los más preciosos hábitats naturales y animales en Colombia, así que cuando tú haces el trabajo de conservación con la Fundación ProAves sabes que realmente estás marcando una diferencia para el medio ambiente.

Incríbete en línea ya, haciendo clic aquí

Más información en Ecovoluntarios o con comunicarse con Gloria Castillo al correo electrónico gcastillo @ proaves.org

With the support of a large number of organizations and the ongoing work of our researchers and their assistants, ProAves Foundation successfully established in 2003, a strategic network of 27 monitoring stations in the long run in nine critical areas for migratory birds. In the stations are engaged in constant monitoring and bird banding until 2008. For the year 2011 is running the monitoring station in San Andres Island.

1. San Andrés Island, Archipiélago monitoring station

2. El Dorado Bird Reserve monitoring station

3. Southwestern Antioquia monitoring station

4. Cerulean Warbler Bird Reserve monitoring station

5. Reserve El Pangan monitoring station

6. Mosiro Itájura Caparú, Vaupés Biological Station

7. El Mirador Bird Reserve monitoring station

8. Darién, Chocó monitoring station

9. Chestnut – capped Piha Bird Reserve monitoring station

The activities carried out through out the country, allow ProAves to collect first hand information that contributes to the generation of scientific knowledge in Colombia. We intend to use this knowledge and expertise transforming it into editorial products used in workshops, talks and environmental education activities.

As a result, ProAves has great quality products, such as cards, bookmarks, stickers, posters and games.

Workbooks: these are educational materials used to transmit knowledge to kids, youngsters and adults in Colombia. They are design to teach diverse topics related to the environment, especially endangered bird species in Colombia.

Posters: these are graphic pieces used as visual tool for the general public over diverse educational and enjoyable topics and activities.

Stickers and bookmarks: these are also graphic pieces used in the activities of environmental education as a complement to different topics seeing Turing the educational activities.

Games are didactic tools that complement the learning process of the participants. These games are:

Birds’ Bingo: this game includes 5 boards, each one divided in migratory birds, endemic birds, aquatic birds, endangered parrots and macaws subject to illegal traffic. How is it played: groups of six people are formed, one of them being selected as leader, whom will be in charge of the game. Each participant picks a board and the leader begins the game by mentioning a bird name, picking out a coin and delivering it the other members of the group. Whoever fills in the board first will be the winner. The difficulty of this game is that participants must learn the names of the birds contained in their board.

Migratory Birds’ staircase: this game is a complement to the activities of environmental education; the board has a “staircase” of 36 blocks. In order to advance, participants must toss a dice. Each block of the staircase contains a question that participants must answer correctly in order to keep advancing. The Staircase has information over the migration of the birds, the dangers implied in migration, some migratory species and all the effects that migration means to them.

Domino of endangered parrots: this domino game has no numbers; instead there are images of endangered species in Colombia. Participants must choose which specie will open the game and it ends when one of the participants ends laying out all the seven pieces given at the beginning.