Peruvian Bird Poo
September 4th, 2010 | 
Author: Who would have ever thought of collecting bird poo and selling it?
Well it has been found that in the 19th century, bird poo was used as a fertilizer. With all the organic type farming and going green issues, using bird poo is making a return to the market.
The bird poo, which also is called guano is deposited by two different birds. One is the Peruvian Booby and the other is the Guanay Cormorant. Both of these birds are on the endangered list and are protected.
On Guanape Sur island which is just north of Peru, approximately 300 men live and work eight months of the year collecting the bird poo.
The poo is then sent to the organic farmers up in Peru’s mountains and to the jungle.
Peru is the number one country in the world to collect guano. The get 30,000 tonnes a year.
So they are actually earning money by harvesting bird poo.
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