Charlie
Munn and the prized hyacinth
macaw -
now an endangered species |
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THE
REAL MACAW
1 hr, DigiBeta/16mm, 2001
Granada
Wild for Channel 4
Executive Producer Peter Moore
Peru and Brazil. Innovative programme-making creatively
combining a quirky biography with environmental issues and blue-chip
natural history
Director and Lighting Cameraman. |
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Trappers poach baby macaw chicks
from their nests in remote cliff faces
in NE Brazil |
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The
Real Macaw
Everyone
loves macaws. Their bright feathers, mimicking skills and playful
antics make them highly desirable pets. But a long history of
taking macaws from the wild has taken its toll and many of them
are now in danger of extinction.
This is the story of how an American millionaire is controversially
turning the parrot's charms to their salvation. Charlie Munn
is one of the world's leading conservation biologists and a
man with daunting energy.
He is prepared to criticise governments, work with smugglers,
finance local Indians. He will do anything to make sure the
macaws of South America do not become a thing of the past. |
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Machiguenga
indian girl in Timpia
- Peru. Site of an innovate
eco-tourism project. |
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Filming
in the Pongo Gorge, Peru. |
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Who's looking
at who? - blue & gold macaw |
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The Pongo
Gorge, Timpia, Peru. Home
to the highly endangered Military Macaw |
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Links
Hyacinth
Macaws, Brazil
Eco-Lodges,
Peru
Macaw Landing
Foundation
Paul
Paragon, Recordist
Tropical Birds Forums |
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Early morning
in the upper Amazon |
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