Supplementary feeding has been very effective in helping support the restored kestrel populations to rear full clutches, and is easily applied to the Pink pigeon which takes to bird tables with alacrity. Seasonal food shortages certainly limit the Echos' ability to rear chicks, but efforts to get the birds to take supplementary foods have not been very successful. It is hoped that the release of trained captive birds will help to attract the wild birds to feed, and perhaps introduce them to non-native fruits. A number of known Echo nesting sites have been destroyed by cyclones or have collapsed, and more than one has been successfully restored by field workers. Nestbox provision has not yet been successful, although a number of boxes are now in place where existing holes have been lost.
Mynah birds are the main competing species for nest holes.
Predator reduction around nest sites is extremely important. Rats are poisoned extensively up to 200m around nest trees and the success of this operation is monitored by trapping. Expertise imported from New Zealand has been particularly valuable in this area. Close observation and constant monitoring of every nest throughout the breeding season probably helps to keep these other predators away. Aviculture Echo parakeets have been kept at the Black River aviaries, sited on the coast, since the early years although with little success until recently.