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Conservation of Vultures in Myanmar

Grantee Name: Friends of Wildlife

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Myanmar
Amount
$19,946
Dates
Sep 2014 – Sep 2015
Keywords
Awareness, Education, Research, Species Conservation, Youth

Protect populations of three Critically Endangered species of vultures in Myanmar, the white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis), slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris), and red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calyus), by working with local communities at two key sites in Shan State and Kachin State to change local attitudes toward vulture conservation, establish community-based vulture conservation groups, and address threats related to lack of food for vultures, and the use of the veterinary drug Diclofenac.

Strategic Direction :

1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species by mitigating major threats

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