Amazon.com description: Product Description: From the inside cover flap: "Neotropical parrots are one of the most threatened groups of birds in the world. Captured and exported for aviculture and the pet trade and exterminated as agricultural pests, they suffer as well from the destruction of tropical rainforest habitats. Yet, despite their highly endangered status, little is known of the biology of these birds. New World Parrots in Crisis provides a comprehensive overview of the hazards facing these birds as well as a detailed discussion of a range of possible conservation solutions. Acknowledging the importance of altering human attitudes, one essay focuses on a local education campaign. Another focuses on the issue of parrots as pests. Other essays, exploring the role of economics is parrot conservation, discuss ecotourism and parrot ranching as possible options for sustaining viable wild populations. Essays on captive breeding and reintroduction cover alternatives for saving critically endangered species while other discussions focus on legal remedies, primarily in the context of regulation of the international trade in parrots."