What do we do?
Five lines of work structure the Foundation's daily operation. The first four are those listed in Article 12 of the bylaws as priorities for resource allocation. The fifth — territorial coordination — is the condition that makes them sustainable over time.
The philosophical detail of why we do this lives in the Manifesto. This page describes what we actually do day to day, the metrics we work with, and the gaps we acknowledge when a data point is not yet available.
Five lines of work
What we actually do
Rehabilitation and reintegration of psittacines
We receive individuals from seizures (CARDIQUE, EPA, other authorities), voluntary surrenders, and specific rescues. Each animal goes through veterinary evaluation, social group formation in pre-release aviaries, and a soft-release protocol with post-release monitoring.
The guiding criterion is the animal destination hierarchy from Article 7: full reintegration → semi-freedom → rehabilitative custody → indefinite care only when no other viable option exists.
Tropical dry forest restoration
We run a nursery with native species (caracolí, palma de vino, ceiba, búcaro, mamón, níspero, mango), install artificial nests and hanging feeders, and work with local neighbors on biological corridors and water buffer zones.
Current 2026 goal: 100 nests installed in the tropical dry forest. See Nursery, Donate a nest and Donate a feeder.
Research and monitoring
Monitoring based on four pillars: visible band tracking that lets observers report individuals without recapture, wild feeding monitoring in native trees and feeders, citizen science with tourists, volunteers, rangers and allied rural families, and university partnerships for joint monitoring and publishable protocols.
This line opens the door to national and international scientific cooperation, and feeds into the protocols of upcoming reintroductions.
Environmental education and community
Educational programs for schools, universities, local communities, international volunteers, and companies. Literary contest El Espíritu de los Loros, which collected more than 230 stories from Colombians about their bond with wildlife.
Production of educational content (blog, Journal, classroom materials). Details by audience in Programs.
Territorial outreach
Agreements with environmental authorities (CARDIQUE, EPA Cartagena), loan contracts with guardian farmers, and environmental management agreements with neighboring landowners for biological corridors.
Cross-support for Saguinus oedipus and other tropical dry forest species, within the ceiling set in the bylaws for activities outside the main mission.
Measured release
Institutional figures
60 ha
Operational property
Finca El Paraíso · Villanueva, Bolívar
2022
CARDIQUE Registration
Resolution No. 1972 · Wildlife Friends Network
100
Artificial nests (2026 goal)
In installation during the current cycle
230+
Stories in a literary contest
The Spirit of the Parrots — voices from Colombia
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Every peso received is allocated according to the order in Article 12: rehabilitation, education, restoration, research. No diversions, no administrative costs, no founder compensation.