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Nepal publishes a five year Vulture Conservation Action Plan
The Government of Nepal has recently published a Vulture Conservation Action Plan to map the way forward for the conservation of critically endangered vultures in this region of Asia. The Action Plan which covers the period 2009 to 2013 was approved by the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation in December 2009 and was officially launched on the occasion of the World Wetland Day, February 2 2010, by the Honourable Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation at a ceremony in Kathmandu. A photo of the launch event Action Plan is shown below and a pdf of the action plan is available below:
Vulture Conservation Action Plan for Nepal 2009-2013
The production of a Vulture Conservation Action Plan was one of the key outputs of the Darwin Initiative supported project EIDPO022 "Conservation Actions to secure the recovery of Gyps species vultures" and we are grateful to the Darwin Initiative for their funding of this programme.
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