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.
So, join us as we discuss the latest research and conservation of Bearded Vultures across Europe. Registration is open until 1 November.
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. 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:
Latest news from our vulture conservation projects
Vultures Back to LIFE 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.
The LIFE Rupis 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.
LIFE GypConnect 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.
The LIFE Re-Vultures project, led by Rewilding Europe, aims to support the recovery of Cinereous and Griffon Vulture populations in the cross border Rhodope Mountain region.
The Cinereous Vulture Riga embarked on a fascinating journey from the Alps to the Balkans 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.
