In 2025, conservation efforts in the Chiquibul Ecosystem achieved remarkable success. Through intensive nest monitoring, anti-poaching vigilance, veterinary care, and hands-on species management, 40 Scarlet Macaw chicks successfully fledged into the wild—one of the most successful breeding seasons recorded in over a decade

Scarlet Macaw Report 2025

This success did not happen by chance. Field teams monitored 27 active nests along the Macal and Raspaculo Rivers, often in remote and challenging terrain. When nests were threatened by starvation, predation, or illegal wildlife trade, trained specialists intervened—carefully extracting at-risk chicks and raising them in an in-situ laboratory at Las Cuevas Research Station. After weeks of round-the-clock care, these young macaws were soft-released back into their natural habitat, giving them a second chance at life in the wild.

Every rescued chick represents a tangible return on conservation investment.

Why Ongoing Funding Is Critical

While 2025 marked a milestone, the work is far from finished.

Scarlet Macaws in Belize depend almost entirely on a single confirmed nesting region—the Chiquibul Forest. This narrow dependence makes the species especially vulnerable to sudden threats such as forest degradation, reduced patrol coverage, or funding gaps that limit monitoring and enforcement.

Conservation programs must be continuous, not seasonal. Funding is required to:

• Maintain year-round nest monitoring and data collection

• Support anti-poaching patrols and rapid response teams

• Operate the in-situ chick-rearing laboratory

• Provide veterinary care and health monitoring

• Train and equip field staff working in remote forest areas

• Expand community engagement and long-term habitat protection

Without consistent financial support, decades of progress could be undone in a single nesting season.

Your Donation Protects the Future

Every contribution directly supports on-the-ground conservation actions that save lives—not in theory, but in practice. Donations help ensure that when a nest is threatened, help arrives. When a chick is starving, it is rescued. When poaching risk rises, protection remains in place.

By supporting NTOTA and its conservation partners, you are helping to secure a future where Scarlet Macaws continue to fly free over Belize’s forests—where biodiversity thrives, and where conservation success stories continue to be written.

Please consider making a donation today.
Your support is not just a gift—it is a lifeline for one of Belize’s most extraordinary species.