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Vulture Program Nepal
Contributing IUCN constituents:Bird Conservation Nepal
Project Details
| Name | Vulture Program Nepal |
| Description | The aim of this project is to contribute to the recovery of the vulture population in Nepal through a partnership between the Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN). BCN vulture conservation activities incorporate a range of actions including overseeing support to the Conservation Breeding Programme at Kasara, Chitwan, release activities and Vulture Safe Zone activities, as well as other awareness and advocacy work throughout Nepal. This project will support the tracking of tagged captive bred and wild vultures and the maintenance and expansion of the Vulture Safe Zone in Nepal. |
| Contributing IUCN Constituent | Bird Conservation Nepal |
| Start Date | 1/1/2023 |
| End Date | 3/31/2026 |
| Conservation Actions | 1.1 Site/Area Protection1.2 Resource & Habitat Protection2.1 Site/Area Management2.3 Habitat & Natural Process Restoration3.2 Species Recovery3.4 Ex-Situ Conservation4.2 Training4.3 Awareness & Communications5.2 Policies & Regulations5.4 Compliance & Enforcement6.5 Non-Monetary Values7.1 Institutional & Civil Society Development |
| Needed annual budget | $150,000.00 |
| Total annual budget | $500,000.00 |
| Staff | ♀ 2 | ♂ 11 |
| Beneficiaries | ♀ 1,000 | ♂ 800 |
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.
% Contribution of threats to species extinction
1.04%
11.4 Storms & flooding
1.08%
4.2 Utility & service lines
1.16%
8.2 Problematic native species/diseases
1.36%
2.2 Wood & pulp plantations
2.26%
7.3 Other ecosystem modifications
3.57%
7.1 Fire & fire suppression
3.91%
5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants
4.26%
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
4.66%
2.3 Livestock farming & ranching
4.78%
8.1 Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases
7.15%
5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
8.30%
7.2 Dams & water management/use
11.65%
1.1 Housing & urban areas
14.02%
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
26.59%
5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
Threat type