INDONESIAN PARROT PROJECT - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/103370.xml INDONESIAN PARROT PROJECT - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 16 Seram (Moluccan) Cockatoos and 4 Purple-Naped Lories Released Back to the Wild on Seram Island, Eastern Indonesia http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb842734.htm The illegal wild bird trade remains rampant in Indonesia, and includes a number of parrot species; populations of some of these are considered vulnerable to future extinction. Enforcement of laws protecting parrots is critical, and such interdiction has recently been stepped up in Central Maluku by officers of BKSDA (Conservation and Natural Resources) and the Department of Forestry. However, the problem then remains as to the disposition of birds captured by government authorities. Some of these birds cannot be returned to the wild for various reasons, but a select sub-population can be released if they meet criteria set forth by IUCN (the World Conservation Union) and CITES (Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species). The Indonesian Parrot Project has now carried out three such parrot releases. (PRWeb Apr 9, 2008)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb842734.htm The First-ever Release of Endangered Salmon-crested Cockatoos Back into the Wild Following Their Confiscation from Smugglers http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb370670.htm On March 16, 2006, history was made on the island of Seram, in the Maluku archipelago, Eastern Indonesia, with the first-known "soft-release" of three Salmon-crested (Seram) cockatoos back to the very forest where they were trapped eighteen months previously. (PRWeb Apr 12, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb370670.htm Indiscriminate Slaughter of Rare Parrots and Cockatoos http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb366967.htm The 'Collateral Damage' of the War on "Bird Flu." (PRWeb Apr 4, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb366967.htm Project Bird Watch Offers Birding Eco Tours to Indonesia in 2006 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb364542.htm See Parrots and Cockatoos in the Wild!Project Bird Watch 2006 Eco Expeditions to Indonesia (PRWeb Mar 29, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb364542.htm Trading Medical Clinics for Rainforest http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb307402.htm Project Bird Watch and Seacology Collaborate to Create 370 Acre Rainforest Preservation Zone in Moluccas. (PRWeb Nov 8, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb307402.htm 58 Nations Petition President Yudhoyono to Stop the Illegal Trade in Indonesian Wild Parrots and Cockatoos http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb306603.htm Petition sent to President Yudhoyono to Stop the Illegal Trade in Indonesian Wild Parrots and Cockatoos on Anniversary of his pledge on November 5, 2004 on National Wildlife and Animals Day. (PRWeb Nov 5, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb306603.htm Northern California Nonprofit Joins Indonesian Wild Animal Rescue Network http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/04/prweb230759.htm Project Bird Watch (PBW) is the only affiliated organization from outside Indonesia to participate in the efforts to save Indonesian wildlife, and will spearhead the program for rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing Indonesian birds including cockatoos, Eclectus, lories and lorikeets, King parrots, Great-billed parrots, and cassowaries. (PRWeb Apr 20, 2005)

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