March 2017: SAVE Priorities agreed for South East Asia
We became aware that the list of SAVE priorities that we update annually at the SAVE meetings have focused on South Asia, but don’t adequately cover Cambodia and SE Asia. Through consultation will all concerned including the TAC, we have produced a list (below) which will now be updated and developed annually along with those…
January 2017: Bangladesh takes key step towards banning ketoprofen
(Contributed by A.B.M. Sarowar Alam (Dipu) – IUCN Bangladesh) Excellent news from Dhaka: the Bangladesh Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) declared the ban of ketoprofen in the two Vulture Safe Zones (VSZs), that is 25% of the country. The DGDA issued letters ordering all the manufacturers of ketoprofen to refrain from selling, distributing, storing…
November 2016: 6th SAVE Meeting features ‘NSAID Alert Symposium’ in Mumbai
The 6th Annual SAVE meeting was honoured by the attendance of Drug Authority officials from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and by video link: Pakistan. The meeting released the SAVE dossiers, highlighting the risks posed to vultures for ketoprofen, aceclofenac, nimesulide and flunixin, and these were ceremoniously presented to Drug authority representatives of each country by David…
September 2016: SAVE partnership grows and welcomes new members
We are delighted to announce the expansion of the SAVE partnership to seventeen full Partners plus three SAVE Associates. In recognition of the key role played by the following organisations, we welcome two South African Partners: the University of Pretoria and VulPro, as well as the Environmental Research Institute of Scotland, UK, all as Project…
July 2016: Indian Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change visits Pinjore
Pinjore Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre was highly honoured to receive Hon Mr Prakash Javadekar, together with Haryana Chief Minister, and also Haryana’s state Minister of forests on 3rd June. The highlight of the visit was the soft-release of two Himalayan Griffon Vultures as a pilot release ahead of plans to release the captive-bred Critically endangered…
June 2016: Bangladesh progressing towards a ketoprofen ban
An important step was taken in Dhaka on 10 May 2016 when senior Government officials Dr. Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests; Md. Nurul Karim, Additional Secretary (Environment), Ministry of Environment and Forests; Mr. Bishwajeet Bhattacharya, Director Planning, Department of Livestock Services; Mr. Ashit Ranjan Paul, Conservator of Forests, Wildlife Circle, Bangladesh…
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