The overall aims of the Cape Parrot Working Group (CPWG) are to:

• Promote the conservation of the Cape Parrot
• Ensure the conservation of the habitat of the Cape Parrot
• Promote and encourage an effective law enforcement system for protecting the Cape Parrot
• Promote local community, national, and international awareness of the Cape Parrot’s plight
• Encourage a captive breeding programme of the Cape Parrot

With secondary objectives of:

• Effective landscape management and wise use of natural resources within the Cape Parrot’s range
• Promote sustainable social development projects for local communities in the Cape Parrot’s range
• Identification and increased protection of priority conservation areas relevant to the Cape Parrot
• Provision of a channel to voice environmental concerns relating to the Cape Parrot
• Collation and dissemination of existing knowledge and ecological processes relating to the Cape Parrot