Maria Eduarda Monteiro Nascimento
- Project: Pantanal
- Function: Veterinarian and Associate Researcher
Maria Eduarda has been working for the Instituto Arara Azul since 2021. She checks the nests of the hyacinth macaws and monitors and documents their populations. She also monitors other local animal species and does various environmental education activities.
Video: Zoo Zürich, Nicole Schnyder
Three questions for Maria Eduarda
Your motivation for the Pantanal project?
To see that our work successfully contributes to the conservation of the hyacinth macaw in the wild and thus also helps biodiversity in general.
An unforgettable moment in your project?
When I was able to monitor a chick hatch in the incubator, grow up and develop into a healthy young bird – and finally take its first flight in the wild.
Your greatest wish for your project?
That we manage to maintain a viable population of hyacinth macaws in the wild, in the medium and long term.
Maria Eduarda checks a nesting cave in lofty heights. Photo: Instituto Arara Azul
«I hope we manage to preserve the hyacinth macaw in the wild in the long term.»
