Fundacion proaves

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Fundación ProAves is a nonprofit environmental organization in Colombia established in 1998. Its primary aims are to protects birds of conservation concern and their habitats across Colombia.

ProAves currently has 58 full-time professional staff, and 21 conservation programs in progress which have resulted in the creation of the largest private reserve system to protect endangered species in the country (11 strategic bird reserves protecting 37,094 acres); significant reforestation efforts; the management of a national bird banding and monitoring program (265,000 records, 83,000 birds banded); management of three community properties that adjoin reserves through municipality agreements; establishment of the first Colombian conservation easement; discovery of three species new to science; establishment of three national, annual environmental awareness campaigns (Palm Sunday, Migratory Bird Festival and Paujil Bird Festival; and the establishment of a network of 10 local ecological groups called “Amigos de las Aves”.

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