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1. What is a Cracid? - 2. Why are they important? - 3. Cracidologists
A Cracidologist is a biologist who studies
these fascinating birds. Currently this dedicated band of scientists
who are determined to learn everything there is to know about these
rare birds numbers about 400 individuals. By dedicated, they are indeed
no less than that. Cracidologists may risk their lives working in dangerous
regions and less than comfortable conditions to satiate their quest
to learn all they can about these rare birds. Click here to learn more
about specific Cracid
projects.
Today the
Cracid
Specialist Group (CSG) is Chaired by Dan
Brooks (dbrooks@hmns.org),
with a number of Regional Coordinators that help expand regional interest.
Among the CSG's most important objectives is bringing the Family Cracidae
to the global attention of conservationists, and to stimulate additional
research and world-wide interest in these Endangered birds. One of the
first goals of the CSG was to point out the economic importance of the
Cracids in the ecological maintenance and preservation of Latin American
forest reserves. As indicators of human perturbation and habitat quality,
the Cracids are second to none among Neotropical bird groups as outstanding
heuristic tools for the design and implementation of monitoring conditions
in natural areas. The CSG maintains its active network through a series
of workshops and symposia, a progressive publications series, and through
endorsing a number of field conservation projects.
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