ABC’s
William Belton Grants Program
The William Belton Conservation
Grants Program is the oldest continuously running bird
conservation grant program in the Western Hemisphere.
It is named after the noted ornithologist and Brazilian
bird expert, who is also a past ABC Board member and
continued ABC friend. Among its many recent conservation
successes are the rediscovery of the Yellow-eared Parrot,
Stresemann’s Bristlefront, Colorful Puffleg, and
Fuertes’s Parrot.
The program helps local conservation groups and scientists
by providing funds that make emerging conservation efforts,
such as fieldwork and travel, possible, and by assisting
with the development of conservation plans. Grants often
involve local communities in implementing conservation
and developing solutions.
The grants focus on helping the rarest and most threatened
birds, particularly at Alliance
for Zero Extinction sites.
Perhaps most significantly, the William Belton Conservation
Grants Program has acted as a springboard for longer-term
partnerships between ABC and Latin American organizations.
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| Black Inca. Photo: Nick Athanas |
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