Since the early 1990’s the researchers and conservationists of the Wildlife Conservation Society of Guatemala, WCS- Guatemala, https://guatemala.wcs.org/en-us/Wildlife/Scarlet-macaw.aspx have been working to conserve the populations of Scarlet Macaws in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in northwestern Guatemala.
They have studied nesting ecology and used habitat protection, environmental education, artificial nests, cross-fostering, hand-rearing, and releases to help bolster local macaw populations. They have also used a variety of tracking technologies to document the annual migrations of Scarlet Macaws from the Selva Maya to the Lacandon forests of Mexico.
Since 2008, researchers from the Macaw Society have worked with members of WCS Guatemala, collaborating on publications and sharing research techniques and expertise.
