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BALKAN VULTURE ACTION PLAN (2012)
JOVAN ANDEVSKI
Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting,Brunnen/Schwyz – 10-11.11. 2012
! Funding:
Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS)
! Management and coordination:
Vulture Conservation Foundation (BVCF)
Balkan Vulture Action Plan
Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF)
COOPERATION and COORDINATION
! Fact finding;
! Anti-poison campaign;
! Natural food availability;
! Supplementary feeding programme;
! Monitoring
! Restocking and reintroduction;
! Habitat conservation;
! Public awareness & participation;
! Socio-economic development;
! Project administration & fundraising.!
Balkan Vulture Action Plan
Balkan Vulture Action Plan (2002)
Countries: Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Ukraine (Crimea),
Romania and Turkey
THREATS
Illegal use of poison in the nature
THREATS
Shooting
THREATS
Habitat loss, Disturbance, Nest robbery
THREATS
Electrocution, Collision
THREATS
Food availability, Dangerous rubbish dumps
THREATS
Wind farms
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
Monitoring
Reproduction Feeding places
Ringing
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
Feeding sites
CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
BALKAN ANTI POISON CAMPAIGN
Seminars for stakeholders
Formation
Production of info materials
Systematic collection and
analysis of dead animals
and bait
Hellenic Ornithological Society / Dadia, WWF
Large Raptor Conservation in Continental
Greece
Survey of the Egyptian Vulture Population Collecting Information on Threats
Griffon Vulture Monitoring and Conservation in
Western Greece Monitoring and Supplementary feeding of the
Griffon Vulture colony in • Paramithias Mts.
• Akarnanika Mts.
• Kleisoura Mts. • Nestos
BVAP - Greece
BVAP – Macedonia
FWFF – Macedonia - Aquila
Action plan for exploration and
conservation of the vultures in the
central, eastern and southern region
of the Republic of Macedonia
• Supplementary feeding ( 3 feeding places) • Monitoring of all Griffon vulture colonies
and monitoring of the four feeding places.
• Advertisement and appearance in public
Macedonian Ecological Society
Vulture conservation in Macedonia trough implementation of antidote and educational activities
• Improve the capacities of state bodies to prevent illegal use of poison in the nature
• Increase awareness among specific target groups (veterinaries, hunters and livestock breeders) for the vulture conservation
• Monitoring of the Egyptian Vultures
BVAP – Macedonia
Macedonian Ecological Society
One juv fitted with Satellite transmitter
Poisoning incident (3 ad EV died)
BVAP – Macedonia FYROM
Vultures Return in Bulgaria
110 km
260 km
100km40 km
130
km
65 km
LegendExisting colonies
Selected release points
Potential future
recolonization or release
points
160 k
m
200 k
m
270 km
130 k
m
REINTRODUCTION POINTS
Griffon Vulture Release Strategy
Following the successful “French” methodology:
! Establishing four release sites;
! Minimum of three months of on-site adaptation;
! Coordinated simultaneous releases at all four sites;
! Working mostly with non-juvenile wild-taken rehabilitated birds, limited amount of captive-bred and zoo animals;
! Implementing a minimum of three simultaneous releases of
groups of birds at the four release sites in the Balkan Mountains
for the entire project duration (2010-2014) or regular ones as follows:
! spring (April – May) 2010 - 2013;
! autumn (September – October) 2010 – 2013;
Vultures Return in Bulgaria
Releases: total of 105 Griffon vultures
" Vrachanski Balkan site: ! 8 (2010); ! 5 (2011);
" Central Balkan site: ! 8 (2010);
! 5 same (2011);
" Sinite kamani site: ! 7 (2010); ! 7 (2011);
" Kotel site: ! 7 (2010);
! 6 (2011);
Vulture transports
• 2011: • 2 griffon vultures from Amersfoort ZOO • 14/15 November: 1 black + 19 griffon vultures, Spain
• 2012: • 11 form Extremadura + 22 GREFA, Spain • 24 from France
Griffon Vulture Dispersal
RESTOCKING AND REINTRODUCTION
Bulgaria:
" Vrachanska Planina (Griffon Vulture) BPPS
" Central Balkan National Park (Griffon Vulture) BPPS
" Eastern Balkan – Kotel area (Griffon Vulture) FWFF-Kotel
" Sinite Kamani Nature Park (Griffon Vulture, Bearded Vulture) Green Balkans
" Western Rhodopes (Bearded Vulture) Green Balkans
" Zamen Gorge, South-West Bulgaria (Griffon Vulture) FWFF-Blagoevgrad
Macedonia:
" South Macedonia (Black Vulture restocking) Ben Hallmann, FWFF-Macedonia, Chysaetos
" Matka Gorge (Griffon Vulture restocking) MES
Romania:
" Carpathian Mountains, Retezat National Park (Griffon Vulture) Milvus Group, Fundatia Carpati
Serbia:
" Stara Planina Nature Park (Griffon Vulture, Black Vulture) INPS
• 78 PARTICIPANT • 8 COUNTRIES
• 25 ORGANIZATIONS • ASSESMENT (2006-10)
• PRIORITIES NEXT 4 YEARS
HIGHLITED THREATS • PISONING
• WIND-FARMS
TOPICS DUSCUSED
• FUNDRAISING • MONITORING SCEAM
WORKING GROUPS • POISON
• MARKING/RINGING • EGYPTION VULTURE
• FEEDING PLACES NET
" Fundraising. All BVAP countries (depending of the activities).
" Monitoring (common system, website/database, ringing, research questions). All BVAP
countries.
" Illegal use of poison (BVAP anti-poison campaign, establishment of Balkan anti – poison
protocol). All BVAP countries.
" Egyptian Vulture (working group, restocking strategy, causes of decline outside Balkans,). Macedonia and Albania (Greece and Bulgaria covered by the Life+)
" Feeding network (sustainability of existing network, EU regulations). All BVAP countries.
" Genetic issues (Griffon and Black). All BVAP countries.
" Common reintroduction strategy. Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
" Improve involvement of rehabilitation center. Greece, Bulgaria & Serbia.
" Improve capacity of NGOs. Albania, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina
" BVAP as tool for economic development. All BAP countries.
" Communication, education and public awareness. All BVAP countries.
BVAP WORSHOP OUTCOMES
CRETE: 6 BREEDING PAIRS
BVAP MAP
FUTURE PLANS
• BALKAN ANTI-POISON CAMPAIGN
• EGYPTIAN VULTURE MEETING
• MONITORING / MARKING SCHEME
• BALKAN VULTURE REINTRODUCTION MEETING
• BVAP MAP (DIGITALIZED DATA)
• FUNDRAISING
Bearded vulture
EXTINCT: MACEDONIA
BULGARIA
SERBIA
ALBANIA
(CONTINENTAL GREECE)
CRETE: 6 BREEDING PAIRS
Black vulture
EXTINCT: MACEDONIA
BULGARIA
SERBIA
GREECE: 26 BREEDING PAIRS
Griffon vulture
EXTINCT: BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA
ALBANIA
AROUND 500 BREEDING PAIRS
Egyptian vulture
EXTINCT: BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA
SERBIA
CROATIA
60 BREEDING PAIR
Acknowledgments
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Greece
Croatia
Cyprus
Romania
Ukraine
Nase ptice National Museum of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Southern Blue Sky
Eco-Centre Caput Insulae - Beli
BirdLife Cyprus
Serbia
Birds of Prey Protection Fund
Birds of Prey Protection Foundation
"Griffon Vulture"
Institute for Nature
Conservation
of Serbia
Albanian Society for the Protection of
Birds and Mammals
• Metodija Velevski • Tome Lisichanec
• Emanuel Lisichanec • Sasha Marinkovic
• Goran Susic • Bratislav Grubac
• Emilian Stoynov
• Ivaylo Angelov • Elena Kmetova
• Ivelin Ivanov
• Theodora Skartsi • Rigas Tsiakiris
• Lavrentis Sidoropulus • Dushan Kotroshan
…and many others!
Thank you for your attention!