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Article confirms that lead poisoning is a threat for Egyptian vultures

07.11.2016

A new article produced in the framework of the LIFE project "The Return of the Neophron" has been published in the latest issue of "Vulture News", the journal of the IUCN Vulture Specialist Group. During the last years, there has been growing concern that vulture species are affected by lead poisoning. There has been much research about this threat among waterfowl...

The 8th Congress of the Hellenic Ecological Society supports the fight against poison

06.11.2016

The 8th Congress of the Hellenic Ecological Society was held in Thessalonica, Greece, from the 20th till the 23rd of October. Every two years, the Congress brings together the largest part of the Greek scientific community dedicated to the fields of ecology and conservation, and counts with an increasing participation of international researchers. The LIFE project...

The Magical Ring

05.11.2016

We present you the third comic of the "Vultures stories", created under the LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron”. With "The Magical Ring" we tell the story of the Egyptian Vulture named Maya. Unlike the real characters from the previous two comics - " Lazaros " and " Paschalis ", she successfully overcomes the dangers and revived the hope that the Egyptian...

Seminar in Madzharovo, dedicated to the project contributors of monitoring and nest guarding in Bulgaria

24.10.2016

Between 7th and 9th October in the BSPB Nature Conservation Center "Eastern Rhodopes" under the LIFE+ project "The Return of the Neophron" was held a seminar dedicated to the project contributors of monitoring and nest guarding from South and North Bulgaria (Rousse, Shumen, Varna, Provadia, Мadzharovo). The participants of the seminar visited the feeding site in Studen...

General meeting of all LIFE projects in Bulgaria

21.10.2016

A meeting of all Bulgarian projects under the LIFE program of the European Union was held last week. The meeting was hosted by the Executive Forest Agency within the LIFE project " Preserve key forest habitats of the Lesser Spotted Eagle ( Aquila pomarina ) in Bulgaria ". Partner of the project is the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds. The one-day meeting was...

Тhe LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron” participated in an international conference, dedicated to the poisons

19.10.2016

Between 13th  and 15th October the LIFE+ project “The Return of the Neophron” took part in an international congress, entitled: "Endangered large carnivores and scavenging raptors in Europe" in the town of Teramo, Italy. The meeting was hosted by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in the town of Teramo and organizer was the LIFE PLUTO Project. The LIFE...