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Flyway Action Plan for the Conservation of the Balkan and Central Asian Populations of the Egyptian Vulture

BSPB is the BirdLife International partner in Bulgaria. They have successfully led a previous collaborative project with UNEP/CMS entitled “Capacity Building to support the conservation of migratory Egyptian Vultures from the Western Palearctic on their wintering grounds in Ethiopia, Sudan and Chad” in 2012-2013.  Subsequently, they have been granted support by the European Union Life+ fund to develop an international Flyway Action Plan (FAP) for the Balkan Region.

The overall objective of the project is to capitalize on synergies between the objectives of the Raptors MoU and BSPB's existing EU Life+ funded project to develop a FAP for the population of Egyptian Vultures on the Balkans, by extending the scope of the FAP to include the central Asian breeding populations which are believed to partially share the same flyway.

The project will deliver:

  • A well planned, organised and attended Action Planning Workshop that succeeds in developing and refining the draft FAP

  • A comprehensive final Flyway Action Plan for the Egyptian Vulture, including versions translated into Arabic and/or French;

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Activity 1

Description:Activity 1
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Output:Plan, organise and host a four-day Action Planning Workshop in Jan-Feb 2015 to develop and refine the Flyway Action Plan.

Activity 2

Description:Activity 2
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Responsibility:
Output:Draft, consult, re-draft and develop a final version of the Egyptian Vulture FAP, including arranging its translation into Arabic and/or French.

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Scientific name Common name Class Order Family Appendix (App. I / App. II)
Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture Aves Accipitriformes Accipitridae 2008 / -
Publication Publisher Type Published Date
Implementation Review of the EU Species Action Plan for the Egyptian Vulture Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MOU Technical Series 07 2015
Flyway Action Plan for the Conservation of the Balkan and Central Asian Populations of the Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus (EVFAP) Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MOU Technical Series 2016
Implementing AgencyThe Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) / BirdLife Bulgaria
Activity start dateMarch 2014
Activity end dateSeptember 2015
CMS AppendixAppendix I
Taxonomic groupBirds
Target regionAsia
Europe
Final technical reportNo
Prey depletion
Habitat loss and degradation
Infrastructure and service corridors
Human Disturbance