** Vulture Conservation Foundation news bulletin
October 2019
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** Join us at the Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting
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The Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting ([link removed]) is just around the corner!
Every year we bring together the people that make up the Bearded Vulture community to discuss and share their work conserving Europe's rarest vulture. This time the meeting will take place in Ordino, Andorra between 15 to 17 November. The first two days will be dedicated to presentations, which cover the different regions and aspects of Bearded Vulture conservation in Europe. On the third day of the meeting, participants will head out to the mountains for a field trip to observe Bearded Vultures and other wildlife.
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** The European Vulture Conference in a nutshell
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For four days in October, we brought together scientists, conservationists and the public in the Algarve, Portugal for an international congress looking at the latest research and conservation of vultures in Europe and beyond, in our first European Vulture Conference ([link removed]) . We had 72 talks, 34 posters, eight symposia, three field trips, five vulture artists and over 240 participants!
The scientific programme covered various topics and regions, discussing vulture conservation and research, with some overarching concepts being:
* Europe as the continent of vultures and vulture conservation best practice
* Great news starting to come from Africa and Asia too, facing an unprecedented vulture decline – where investment and effort is spent, vulture populations there starting to recover too
* Poisoning, electrocution and collision are the most significant threats to vultures in Europe and elsewhere Action plans, such as the Vulture MsAP, are essential for vulture conservation but need to be implemented
* Working together is key to saving vultures
You can have a look at the highlights of the conference:
Day 1 of the European Vulture Conference ([link removed])
Day 2 of the European Vulture Conference ([link removed])
An overview of the European Vulture Conference ([link removed])
Review and download the Abstract Book ([link removed])
** Latest news about Europe's four vulture species
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** Griffon Vulture
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A train hits and kills 15 vultures in Monzón (Spain) ([link removed])
Rescued Griffon Vulture in Cyprus: rehabilitated and ready for release ([link removed])
Vulture experts to the rescue: trying to save a Griffon Vulture during an EVC field trip ([link removed])
** Egyptian Vulture
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The epic migration of the Egyptian Vulture ([link removed])
** Cinereous Vulture
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Cinereous Vulture Orca ready to be re-released ([link removed])
** Bearded Vulture
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The Bearded Vulture breeding season has already started! ([link removed])
Record number of Bearded Vulture fledglings observed in the Alps ([link removed])
** Latest news from our vulture conservation projects
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Vultures Back to LIFE ([link removed]) led Led by Green Balkans and the Fund for Wild Flora and Fauna, aims to reintroduce the Cinereous Vulture back to Bulgaria since it was declared extinct in the 1980s.
Latest news
Riga on the move: from the Alps to the Balkans ([link removed])
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The LIFE Rupis ([link removed]) project, led by Portuguese wildlife organisation SPEA and co-funded by the MAVA Foundation, is working in the cross-border Douro region of Spain and Portugal to protect and strengthen the populations of Egyptian Vultures and Bonelli's Eagle.
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More LIFE Rupis Egyptian Vultures migrated to Africa ([link removed])
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L ([link removed]) IFE GypConnect ([link removed]) led by LPO and co-funded by the MAVA Foundation aims to create a breeding population in France's Massif Central and Department of the Drôme to connect the Alpine and Pyrenean populations of Bearded Vultures.
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LIFE GYPCONNECT Seminar: Food support and sanitary precautions for Bearded Vultures ([link removed])
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The LIFE Re-Vultures ([link removed]) project, led by Rewilding Europe, aims to support the recovery of Cinereous and Griffon Vulture populations in the cross border Rhodope Mountain region.
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Tackling the threat of electrocution in the Eastern Rhodopes to protect vultures ([link removed])
Rhodopean Cinereous Vulture pair undertakes aerial adventures ([link removed])
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The Balkan Anti-Poisoning Project ([link removed]) is bringing together stakeholders in five Balkan countries to tackle illegal wildlife poisoning.
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Working together to protect vultures in Serbia - an educational workshop to tackle poisoning ([link removed])
Providing lead-free ammunition to tackle lead poisoning in Croatia ([link removed])
** Follow vultures online
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The Cinereous Vulture Riga embarked on a fascinating journey from the Alps to the Balkans ([link removed]) in search of warmer wintering grounds. You can follow Riga's movements as well as the movements of other vultures we are tracking by visiting our online public maps.
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If you have any news you would like to share please contact Eleni Karatzia (mailto:
[email protected]) , Events, Outreach and Communications Officer.
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