Aves Uruguay

Aves Uruguay is a non-governmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to conserve Uruguay's wild birds and the environments they inhabit, within policies of sustainable development in the use of natural resources. It was created in 1986 on the initiative of Prof. Raúl Vaz Ferreira and several ornithologists under the name Grupo Uruguayo para el Estudio y Conservación de las Aves (GUPECA), and later became known as Aves Uruguay. The organization has a multidisciplinary composition, with biologists, engineers, communicators, teachers and people experienced in bird observation and research on its staff, and it reports more than 200 members. It is a BirdLife partner in Uruguay.

Aves Uruguay was created on the initiative of Prof. Raúl Vaz Ferreira and several ornithologists in 1986 under the name Grupo Uruguayo para el Estudio y Conservación de las Aves (GUPECA), with the aim of bringing together people linked to ornithology, including researchers, teachers and students of biological sciences, as well as amateur admirers of birds. The institution later came to be called Aves Uruguay. It describes itself as a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the mission of conserving Uruguay's wild birds and the environments they inhabit, within policies of sustainable development in the use of natural resources. It states that it currently has more than 200 members participating in its various initiatives, and that it is BirdLife in Uruguay.

Non-governmental conservation organization and BirdLife partner in Uruguay

1. 1Aves Uruguayavesuruguay.org.uy
2. 2Aves Uruguaywikidata.org