The Rewilding Argentina foundation announced this week the birth of three scarlet macaws in a reserve of the Esteros del Iberá, in the province of Corrientes, in the northeast of the country. They are, according to environmentalists, the first to be born after 150 years of extinction "in the wild".

In May of this year, the laying of an egg by a pair of macaws released in a gateway to the marshes called Cambyretá was recorded, while in 2019 the first three eggs laid by a couple of individuals was confirmed.

The foundation comes from The Conservation Land Trust of the late Douglas Tompkins, whose goal is reintroducing the Blue Macaw back into Iberá. The Tompkins Trust is one of the companies questioned by various social sectors since the American magnate acquired vast hectares in the Guarani aquifer, one of the most important water reserves in the world.

Lands were acquired with the support of Federal and provincial governments back in the 1990s, with the purpose of preserving the environment.