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scarlet macaw


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Recent news articles on scarlet macaw:


    Directions: News in brief  Dec 6, 2003
    ...be flooded. This includes 20% of the world’s remaining scarlet macaws, as well as rare jaguars, tapirs and crocodiles. The World ... (The Sunday Times (subscription), UK)

    Belize PM Stands by Controversial Dam Project  Dec 3, 2003
    ...and Guatemala. Environmentalists say flooding the area will destroy the habitat of jaguars, tapirs and rare scarlet macaws. "This ... (Yahoo News)

    Belize dam gets hearing in London  Dec 3, 2003
    The project, it argues, will put at risk habitat that jaguar, tapir and endangered scarlet macaws depend on for their survival. ... (The Globe and Mail, Canada)

    Dire results predicted if Belize dam delayed  Dec 4, 2003
    ...forest that has been left untouched by human beings for 500 years and destroy the habitat of threatened species, including jaguars, tapirs and scarlet macaws. ... (Toronto Star, Canada)

    Privy Council hears case to stop Canadian dam project in Belize  Dec 3, 2003
    For them, the project represents a threat to a lush ecosystem that counts jaguars, exotic scarlet macaws and the rare tapir among its populace. ... (CBC News, Canada)

    Monkey business inspires Lauren to ecology career  Dec 5, 2003
    ...each year. Among them are scarlet macaws, large red parrots which can be sold for up to £3,000 on the black market. After Lauren's ... (Dorking Advertiser, UK)

    Why Belize ’ s new dam is more than just a natural disaster  Nov 29, 2003
    ...want to build a 50-metre high concrete dam on the river, flooding more than 1000 hectares of rainforest including the breeding grounds of scarlet macaws and ... (Sunday Herald, UK)

    The Priceless Parrot Preserve  Dec 1, 2003
    ...run to make sure they are ok. EA: We have blue and gold macaws, scarlet macaws. green wing macaws, military macaws, severe macaws ... (Animal News Center)

    Canada under fire over dam  Dec 2, 2003
    CIDA's complicity with Fortis, recalls its flawed taxpayer-sponsored report and works to protect the people of Belize, as well as the tapirs, scarlet macaws ... (Toronto Star, Canada)

    Canadian-backed dam in Belize faces legal challenge  Dec 2, 2003
    ...project would have a modest impact on the country's hydro supply, but places at risk rare species, including jaguars, tapirs and the last 200 scarlet macaws ... (Toronto Star, Canada)

    Canadian-backed dam in Belize faces legal challenge  Dec 2, 2003
    ...project would have a modest impact on the country's hydro supply but woud place at risk rare species, including jaguars, tapirs and the last 200 scarlet macaws ... (The Globe and Mail, Canada)

    Canadian-backed dam in Belize has support but could be delayed by ...   Dec 4, 2003
    ...that has been left untouched by human beings for 500 years and destroy the habitat of threatened species, including jaguars, tapirs and scarlet macaws. ... (CBC News, Canada)

    Something to squawk about Gobblers versus squawkers in Point ...   Nov 21, 2003
    The Goulds breed and rescue parrots -- blue-fronted Amazons, scarlet macaws and other rare and endangered species from Latin American jungles -- on an idyllic ... (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)


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