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Sep 13, 2023 · Learn about the causes and consequences of vulture population decline in India and the efforts to protect and revive them. Find out about the vulture conservation breeding centers, the ban on diclofenac, and the vulture safe zones.
The Action Plan for Vulture Conservation (APVC) in India, 2020-2025 advocates expansion of the Conservation Breeding Programme of vultures by establishing more centres in different parts of the country. Red-headed Vulture and Egyptian Vulture are also included in the breeding programme.
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Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched a Vulture Action Plan 2020-25for the conservation of vultures in the country.
Background:Objectives of the Action Plan for Vulture Conservation 2020-2025.Other Efforts:India is home to nine species of vultures, but most of them face the danger of extinction.The nine species of vultures & their International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)status are:Learn about the joint project of Haryana Forest Department and BNHS to save the three critically endangered vulture species from extinction. Find out how diclofenac was identified as the main cause of vulture decline and how it was banned in India.
Nandankanan is one of the six zoos in India participating in the conservation breeding of White-backed vultures and Long billed vultures. The park has a vulture conservation breeding center with aviaries, laboratory and enrichments for the vultures.
The conservation breeding program was established for the three Gyps species of vultures i.e., White-rumped (Gyps bengalensis), Long-billed, (Gyps indicus) and Slender-billed (Gyps tenuirostris). The first Conservation Breeding Centre was set up in Pinjore, Haryana and subsequently, seven more centres were established in different States.
Feb 22, 2024 · Learn how BNHS and Madhya Pradesh Forest Department are working to save critically endangered vulture species through captive breeding and release in the wild. See photos and videos of the vultures at the Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre in Bhopal.
