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Workshop to secure the survival of Egyptian Vulture populations in the Balkans, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and along its migration flyway

19.02.2015

A workshop dedicated to the conservation of the globally threatened Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) will be held from 5 to 8 July 2015 in Bulgaria. The main goal is to develop an International Egyptian Vulture Flyway Action Plan to secure the survival of the Balkan, Caucasian and Central Asian populations, including along the flyway and in the wintering grounds....

BSPB and “The Return of the Neophron” represented at a Student Conference in Australia

15.02.2015

The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds ( BSPB ) was represented at the Student Conference for Conservation Science in Brisbane, Australia Jan. 19-20, 2015. The conference was focused on international projects that are making changes in the conservation field. People from all over the world including Asia, Europe, Oceania, Africa, and South America attended. The...

Spectacular decline of 7 % per year of the Egyptian Vultures’ population in Eastern Europe

12.02.2015

New scientific publication on the status of the Balkan population of the Egyptian Vulture over the last 30 years has published in Bird Conservation International . A large group of collaborators from Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Albania, Turkey, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia compiled all survey data from the Balkan Peninsula from 1980 until 2013. The team...

The fate of Egyptian vultures in the Balkans - what do we know and how can we save them?

05.02.2015

A Lecture: "The fate of the Egyptian vulture on the Balkans - what we know and do not know about saving him?" was held last Tuesday (02/03/2015) in Sofia, within the School of Ornithology and Nature Conservation of the Bulgarian Ornithological Centre at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BAS . The Project manager of the LIFE+ project “The Return...

BSPB announces a vacancy for assistant Communications and Public Relations for Eastern Rhodopes

04.02.2015

In relation to the increased need for communication and feedback with key audiences in the Eastern Rhodopes, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds announces a vacancy for Communications and Public Relations assistant for Eastern Rhodopes. Summary description of the position: 1. Carry out the planned activities and events, according to the...

Work preventing bird electrocutions on power lines wins good practice award

29.01.2015

The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds and the BirdLife International Partnership have won the Renewables-Grid-Initiative (RGI) “Good Practice Award” in the environmental protection category. The award was presented at RGI’s annual conference in Brussels on 27 January, for their work on preventing bird deaths due to electrocution and...