The new VULTURE ACTION PLAN 2020-25 extend the project to 2025 to not just halt the decline but to actively increase the vulture numbers.
Key Highlights of the Vulture Action Plan:
Establishment of four rescue centres in Pinjore, Bhopal, Guwahati and Hyderabad and at least one Vulture Safe Zone in every State.
Additional vulture conservation and breeding centres each at UP, Tripura, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. And Enhancement of Conservation Breeding Programme so that Conservation Breeding Centres play a major role in the conservation of all the vulture species for many years to come.
Conservation breeding programme for Red Headed vulture and Egyptian vulture.
Regulate the sale of veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that lead to the death of vultures.
Database on emerging threats to vulture conservation.
Nationwide Vulture Survey once in 4 years.
Timelines for Vulture Action Plans
Action Timeline for Advocacy and Implementation at the National level
Timeline Actions for the Conservation Breeding Programme
Action Timeline for Vulture Safe Zone Implementation
Activity Timeline for Research and Monitoring
Action Timeline for Vulture Safe Zone Monitoring
Timeline for Advocacy and Implementation on National Level – Regulate the sale of Agriculture pesticides/insecticides/herbicide in coordination with various agencies/stakeholders like MoEF&CC, Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizer, Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Indian Toxicological Research Institute, BNHS.
Various Threats to Vultures:
Threats to Vulture include collision and electrocution, unintentional poisoning, etc.
Between the 1990s and 2007, numbers of three critically endangered species Oriental white-backed, long-billed and slender-billed vultures declined by 99%.
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Vulture Action Plan 2020- 25:
The new VULTURE ACTION PLAN 2020-25 extend the project to 2025 to not just halt the decline but to actively increase the vulture numbers.
Key Highlights of the Vulture Action Plan:
Timelines for Vulture Action Plans
Various Threats to Vultures: