Work meeting of the project team in Athens

10.02.2016

From 1 to 4 February in Athens was held the work meeting of the team of the LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron”. Representatives from the four organizations – partners оf the project took part in the meeting: Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS), WWF Greece and the Royal Society for the...

Second meeting of signatories to the Raptors MoU

24.01.2016

“The Return of the Neophron” LIFE+ projects took part in the second Meeting of Signatories (MoS2) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ( CMS ) and the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia ( Raptors MoU ) held from 5 to 8 October in Trondheim, Norway. During the...

All about the work and the achievements of the anti-poison dog units in Greece

21.01.2016

The poisoned baits are considered the main threat and cause of death of Egyptian vulture. In the frame of the project, in March 2014 in Central Greece and Thrace two anti-poison dog units were created. Their goal is a control and timely removal from the countryside poison baits and animals that might cause additional poisoning. The Anti-poison dog units patrolled...

The latest issue of the BSPB magazine For Birds is dedicated to the Egyptian Vulture

19.01.2016

The theme of the second issue for 2015 of the BSPB magazine "For Birds" is dedicated to the Egyptian vulture and the LIFE + project "The Return of the Neophron". You can find articles about the young Egyptian vultures that flew successfully from their nests last autumn, the tagging with satellite transmitters of two adult Egyptian vultures in Bulgaria and the nest...

International cooperation against illegal wildlife trade

28.12.2015

Everybody has heard about the illegal trade of ivory in Africa, where hundreds of elephants are hunted down and killed every year for their tusks that reach shocking prices in the black market. Most people have also heard about the poaching of rhinos for their horns, tigers for their bones, crocodiles for their skins, or sharks for their fins. It always seems to happen in...

The Second European Workshop on Environmental Crime: Illegal Poisoning of Wildlife

19.12.2015

An Action Plan to prevent risk from poison-baits has been developed for adoption by the members of the ENEC during the II European Workshop on Environmental Crime, held in Barcelona on 6 th November 2015. The purpose of this action plan is to make recommendations on behalf of the European Network against Environmental Crime (ENEC) for the adoption of measures to...