Funded by: LIFE Programme
Period: 2014 – 2020
Project Title: Saving Griffon Vultures in Cyprus through concrete conservation actions
Project Acronym: LIFEWithVulturesCY
Duration: 15/07/2019 – 14/07/2023
Total Budget: €1.375.861
Partnership:
- BirdLife Cyprus (coordinating beneficiary),
- The Game and Fauna Service,
- Terra Cypria -Cyprus Conservation Foundation,
- Vulture Conservation Foundation
The project includes actions against the use of poison baits, actions to counter collisions with overhead power lines, as well as actions to increase feeding opportunities for the provision of safe supplementary food to the vultures. Through this project, Griffon Vultures will be brought from Spain for release in Cyprus, to strengthen the extremely diminished Cypriot population.
Another key aspect of the project is the implementation of a coordinated and targeted awareness-raising campaign, both in local communities falling within the Griffon Vulture range as well as island-wide, to spread the message of the importance of the Griffon Vulture and the problems posed by poisoned baits in the countryside.
For more information: https://lifewithvultures.eu/