The Red Siskin: fashionable and sustainable
July 30, 2021 by Bárbara SantanaThe Initiative has been fortunate to create alliances over the years through different sectors, offering the opportunity to educate and expand the message about the conservation of the Red Siskin.
Read moreRed Siskin Special Edition Coffee Cupping
July 15, 2021The activity was led by the Venezuelan specialist and Q Grader Raúl Martínez and six specialty coffees were tasted.
Read moreThe Red Siskin Conservation Center turns two!
June 14, 2021We are celebrating with great joy the second year of the Conservation Center, and we are optimistically awaiting the first offspring of the Red Siskin.
Read moreRed Siskin receives International Film Festival award
June 1, 2021In May of this year, the Red Siskin was honored at the International Film Festival: El Ojo Iluso.
Read moreSaving Giant Anteaters thanks to the Red Siskin
April 16, 2021The SRCS, one of our founding partners, has dedicated more than 20 years to the conservation of Red Siskins in Guyana. Nevertheless, their researches went beyond...
Read moreFirst RSI Research Updates Meeting
January 25, 2021During the second week of January, we held the first RSI Research Updates Meeting in order to help all our collaborators understand the various research projects in progress on Red Siskin biology and conservation.
Read moreBuilding alliances
December 15, 2020Today, the Red Siskin Specialists and Aviculturists Network (ReSSAN) has 127 members, with leaders promoting our efforts in Venezuela, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia.
Read moreSpanish company Aviantecnic joins the RSI network of collaborators
November 17, 2020For about three years now, we have welcomed aviculturists from across the world as part of this collaboration, as they have contributed their experience in breeding Red Siskins and their interest in promoting ethical practices in aviculture.
Read moreRSI participation in the Group-Management Initiative
November 12, 2020In 2020, the international Group Management Initiative (GMI) was formed, with the vision of effectively conserving all species requiring group-based population management, using the best available scientific information and tools
Read moreThe Red Siskin Initiative is an international partnership of public and private institutions communities and people working to help understand, protect and restore sustainable populations of the Red Siskin.
Read moreThe Red Siskin has been an inspiration for generations of Venezuelan singers, poets and painters, but unsustainable harvest, and habitat loss and degradation have brought the Red Siskin close to extinction.
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