| The World Parrot Trust is an international non-profit charity organization dedicated to saving parrots. When the Trust was founded in 1989 in the United Kingdom it was decided that the main objective was to promote the survival of all parrot species and the welfare of individual birds. The Trust has achieved these aims by funding vital conservation work, research projects and educational programmes, both locally and internationally.
The Trust has expanded globally to include national branches in Africa, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain and the United States.
In 1999, the Trust joined with the IUCN to publish the Parrot Action Plan, to help protect 89 species of parrot from habitat destruction and international trade. The Echo Parakeet was one of them. |
