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Image by Indonesian Parrot Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Founded in 2001 by Dr. Stewart Metz and Barbara Bailey, the Indonesian Parrot Project (IPP) has spent 23 years working in Indonesia to combat the illegal trade of endangered cockatoos, Eclectus parrots, lories, and other parrots. IPP has created successful programs for the rehabilitation, release, and final return of these birds into their endemic, wild habitats.<\/p>\n

Here is their story, in Barbara Bailey\u2019s own words:<\/p>\n

Indonesia is a vast archipelago of over 18,000 islands and has a complicated geography. There are over 600 spoken languages and a diversity of people that range from the business class in Jakarta to small tribes and even headhunters.\u00a0 Yes \u2026 headhunters.<\/p>\n

\"Headhunters
Headhunters with feathered crowns
Image Indonesian Parrot Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Nuaulu and Huaulu tribes live in a remote part of Seram and have changed their ways thanks to IPP and their local partners, Konservasi Kakatua Indonesia (KKI). But it used to be that when a young boy came of age they would go out of their village and kill someone to take a head. On one of our first trips, Dr. Metz and I learned about this custom, but the local people protected us as because the headhunters were interested in Stewart\u2019s head!<\/p>\n

These tribes also believe that the Moluccan cockatoo is the symbol of a man because the crest rises and falls and is a bright red color (like a phallus). They believed that eating the bird would give them strength. Through careful discussions, our team was able to convince them that we could work together. In return for ceasing the deaths of cockatoos, we arranged for all molted cockatoo head feathers to be given to the tribe to use as crowns for the young men when they came of age.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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a young boy of age feather crown
Image by Indonesian Parrot Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anything is possible but here is a caveat \u2026 in countries such as Indonesia, poverty is prevalent and that was the original reason for trapping parrots to sell to the illegal trade. When IPP started working in these parrot-rich areas we recognized the problem \u2026 when people are starving and have no source of income, they will do whatever is necessary to feed their families. Trapping was an easy way to do that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Importantly, IPP realized that it does not help to tell people what to do. Instead we need to ask them what they need.\u00a0And when we asked, they listened \u2026 and they told us.\u00a0They needed plants, farming implements, a source of clean water, and ways to put food on the table for their children.\u00a0So, we answered. We developed a mutual agreement that if the tribe would stop trapping, we would provide them with the tools they needed to have better lives.<\/p>\n

\"Moluccan
Moluccan Cockatoo Release
Image by Indonesian Parrot Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the first release in 2005, our rescue, rehabilitation, and release program has returned over 15,000 cockatoos, parrots, lories, and other endangered and rare Indonesian birds back to their endemic forest homes at several different locations.\u00a0 We have a rescue center and a local staff that monitor active nests. The villages now have organic farming, women\u2019s cooperatives, and made major headway at schools and universities at all levels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Much trapping has ceased over the years, however, there is a new challenge. Despots from other countries hire local people to trap larger quantities of these birds which are then smuggled out of the country hidden in boats, packed in suitcases, and routed through other private locations to supply the demand. These people are armed and dangerous.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"parrot
Collected feathers
Image Indonesian Parrot Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most recently a boat was confiscated on its way to Singapore that had over 300 cockatoos packed in boxes and hidden in the hold of the ship.\u00a0When recovered, only about 30% of these cockatoos were still alive.\u00a0We must continue the fight for our beloved parrots and keep the wild populations as they should be – wild.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This month\u2019s Lafeber donation supports the good works of the Indonesian Parrot Project, which is dedicated to the conservation, protection, rescue, rehabilitation, and release of a wide variety of special and endangered parrot species.\u00a0 To learn more about IPP, go to indonesian-parrot-project.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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She loves to promote parrot care information that helps birds to thrive, and works with other Phoenix Landing volunteers to make good adoption matches. Her passion is nutrition and she wrote the \u201cNourish to Flourish\u201d cookbook. She is a huge fan of the quality products offered by Lafeber. Ann also organizes an annual Phoenix Landing eco-tour to support wild parrot conservation and research. That interest led to this Lafeber series, called \u201cThe Global Parrot.\u201d She hopes others will also support the many dedicated scientists who are working so hard to preserve the parrots species we love and value so much. Ann has lived with birds for over 35 years. Phoenix, her greenwing macaw, is the inspiration behind Phoenix Landing. Most birds need a succession of good homes, through no fault of their own. She realized that Phoenix should outlive her, and wanted to make sure there was a reliable adoption apparatus in place to ensure that Phoenix has a place to \u201cland.\u201d So she retired from her senior federal position to volunteer full-time with Phoenix Landing, which turned 25 years old in April 2025. By 2025, Phoenix Landing had rehomed more than 3,500 birds. Some of these have even required more than one home because people\u2019s lives often change. Adoption is a positive, not a negative, way to acquire a deserving bird. Phoenix Landing believes that parrots need to be protected across their long lives and probable multiple homes. Ann believes that adoption is inevitable and organizations that provide life-long protection for individual birds is essential. 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