A Conservation-Focused AFA Publication
Highlighting AFA’s impact through conservation projects, research, and field updates
Conservation News highlights AFA’s conservation impact through project updates, field reports, research summaries, and stories from avian conservation programs around the world.
Unlike The Watchbird Journal, which covers the broader world of aviculture, Conservation News focuses specifically on conservation projects, species recovery efforts, habitat protection, and the work supported through AFA’s Conservation Fund and grant programs.
About Conservation News
Conservation News is a publication of the AFA Conservation Committee, created to share updates from conservation programs, research projects, and field partners. Issues have featured AFA-supported work with Scarlet Macaws in Mexico, Texas native parrots, Yellow-eared Parrots in Colombia, Green-winged Macaws in Argentina, Night Parrots in Australia, and other conservation efforts around the world.
What Conservation News Covers
AFA supports conservation, research, habitat restoration, and educational outreach projects that help protect avian species in the wild and in human care.
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Conservation project updates
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Field reports from biologists and partner organizations
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Species recovery stories
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Research and monitoring updates
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AFA Conservation Fund and grant-supported work
Available Issues
Explore past issues featuring AFA-supported conservation projects, field reports, species recovery updates, and research from around the world.
2025 – Issue #5, Spring
Scarlet Macaw Project & Conservation Funding
Features Harrison’s Bird Foods’ support for AFA conservation funding and an update on AFA’s continued support of the Scarlet Macaw Conservation and Recovery Program in southern Mexico. The issue notes AFA’s long history of conservation grants and names species supported over nearly fifty years, including Puerto Rican Parrots, Socorro Island Doves, Lear’s Macaws, Spix’s Macaws, Blue-throated Macaws, Scarlet Macaws, and more.
2021 – Issue #4, Summer
Night Parrots, Global Conservation, and Species Monitoring
Features the rediscovery and research of Australia’s elusive Night Parrot, along with articles on Guatemalan parrot conservation, sea eagle restoration, Loro Parque monitoring, Neotropical parrot threats, and Kakapo conservation.
2021 – Issue #3
International Conservation Updates
Includes updates from Loro Parque Foundation, the Yellow-eared Parrot project, Green-winged Macaw releases in Argentina, Red-masked Conures in Ecuador, flooding at Chajul Station in Mexico, and Belize Bird Rescue.
2020 – Issue #2
Chajul Station, Texas Native Parrots, and Field Conservation
Highlights AFA-supported equipment sent to the Chajul Station Scarlet Macaw project, continued threats from nest poaching, and research on Red-crowned Parrots in Texas’s Lower Rio Grande Valley.
2019 – Issue #1
Saving Mexico’s Wild Scarlet Macaws
The first issue introduces Conservation News with a focus on Natura Mexicana’s Chajul Station, Mexico’s wild Scarlet Macaws, the Indonesian Parrot Project, and Tambopata Reserve.
Looking for The Watchbird Journal?
Looking for AFA’s broader aviculture publication? Visit The Watchbird Journal for articles on aviculture, education, breeding, species care, history, and organizational news.