We are pleased to announce that EcoVoyager has partnered with Asociación Armonía, Bolivia’s leading bird conservation organization and the country’s BirdLife International partner.
Who Armonía Is
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Armonía is a non-profit whose stated mission is to prevent the extinction of any bird species in Bolivia. The organization works in collaboration with local communities, and its priorities are set by long-running scientific study rather than by where tourism happens to be easy to run.
Armonía owns and manages two private reserves in the Beni savannas that protect the Critically Endangered Blue-throated Macaw, a parrot endemic to Bolivia that was feared extinct thirty years ago. The Barba Azul Nature Reserve (11,000 hectares, acquired in 2008) was the world’s first protected area created specifically for the species. The Laney Rickman Reserve, acquired in 2018, safeguards another key piece of its range.
Beyond the Blue-throated Macaw, Armonía works on the Red-fronted Macaw, Horned Curassow, Palkachupa Cotinga, and several other range-restricted Bolivian birds. Their programs extend into sustainable cattle ranching, reforestation, environmental education, and the Conserva Aves initiative, which is building nearly a million hectares of new subnational protected areas across five Bolivian departments.
