# @rewild on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CrqqrkTAwLQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19268685-rewild-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/9c56529b46.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-04-30T16:16:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Re:wild (@rewild) — https://gondola.cc/rewild

## Caption

Along with our partners in the Key Biodiversity Areas partnership, Re:wild applauds local communities in Brazil for their hard work to relocate a wind power project that was inside the only habitat of the Endangered Lear’s Macaw. A Brazilian federal judge recently cancelled the licenses for the wind power project.

Renewable energy is critically important in the fight against climate change, but locations for these infrastructure projects is also key to ensure that threatened wildlife are protected from the risk of collisions and habitat loss. The area for the wind power project has been designated as an Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) site and a Key Biodiversity Area—areas that should be off limits for projects like these. 

The Lear’s Macaw is a large parrot with vibrant blue feathers. It is only found in a small area of Brazil's Canudos region. The grassland area is also home to numerous traditional pastoral families. The large-scale energy wind energy project threatened both the macaws and local communities, and despite appeals to the company from the public prosecutor, community members, and conservation organizations for the past two years, the project has continued without proper environmental evaluation. 

However, local communities filed a complaint with the UN, and a federal judge has suspended the licenses for the wind power project, providing optimism that the project may be relocated.

@lpo_officiel @AmericanBirdConservancy @wwf @projetojardinsdaararadelear @fundacaobiodiversitas @savebrasil @lpo_officiel 

Read more about this ongoing story via link in bio: 

📸 1-Lear's Macaw flock: Maggie Forrester 

📸 2-Lear's Macaw flying: Daniel Lebbin

📸 3- Lear's Macaw pair: Bennett Hennessey
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#earthmonth #endangeredspecies #wildlife #climatechange #macaw #macaws #birds #birdsofinstagram #conservation #environment

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