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HARPY EAGLE
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HARPY EAGLE
The programme
To find and follow the Harpies since the year 2000,
we have worked with several organisations; first
with support from the Spanish International
Cooperation Agency (AECI), followed by the
Indio Hilfe Foundation and subsequently the
Ecuadorian Biodiversity Research and Monitoring
Society (SIMBIOE). We also received a
Neotropical Bird Club Conservation Award to
further our work.
Our programme took place in two different
provinces: Pastaza, the most isolated and with
extensive primary forest, and Sucumbos, where a
protected areaCuyabenois home to some
ethnic groups.
From the outset, we were firmly of the view
that the programme should involve indigenous
communities and give them a livelihood from the
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RUTH MUIZ-LPEZ
Scientific director, PCAHE, Harpy Eagle Conservation
Program-Ecuador, SIMBIOE (Ecuadorian Biodiversity
Research and Monitoring Society), Quito, Ecuador.
E-mail: harpyec@yahoo.com
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