Vulture conservation

VULTURE CONSERVATION NEWS

Vulture conservation national symposium on Sept 29

September 25, 2024 1:13 am

The 2022 vulture census by Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation concluded that the vulture population in Gujarat rose by 155% between 2018 and 2022

Forest dept tags four white-rumped vultures to monitor their declining population

October 28, 2021 6:28 am

From 347 in February 2019, the population of the long-billed and white-backed vultures dropped to 249 in March 2021, the survey found

Compensating farmers, setting up cafeterias for vulture conservation in state: Gujarat Government

March 17, 2021 12:54 am

In response to an unstarred question on the status of vulture population in Gujarat by Congress MLA Kantibhai Parmar, the state government, in a written reply, stated the vulture population dropped from 999 in 2016 to 819 in 2018 when the last survey of the birds was conducted.

Vulture numbers ‘stabilising’, MoEF launches action plan to increase population

November 17, 2020 2:08 am

The Egyptian vulture is listed as ‘endangered’ while the Himalayan, bearded and cinereous vultures are ‘near threatened’.

Indian conservationist gets prestigious UK award for work on vulture conservation

October 14, 2020 10:57 pm

Ram Jakati, a 1975-batch IFS officer and former chief wildlife warden (CWW) of Haryana, was honoured for his tireless effort to save vultures for more than a decade beginning 2001, by when the crisis of vulture population decline had assumed serious proportion.

Western India’s first vulture breeding centre to come up in Thane

March 04, 2014 6:31 am

The centre will allow vultures to breed within an aviary, from where they will be later released into the wild.

Vulture conservation: Resolutions passed to restrict mining, quarrying near habitats

February 13, 2014 6:21 am

The conference aimed at promoting raptor research and conservation by exchange of scientific knowledge, training of researchers and networking of member countries.

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