After the efforts across South Asia, and also in Africa, it has emerged that the pharmaceutical company, Fatro has obtained licenses to market veterinary diclofenac in Italy and Spain where most European vultures occur. This not only threatens vultures in Europe, but also could undermine the progress in Asia, both the principle of it and…

•January, ‘What has nature ever done for us?’ – A new book called “What has nature ever done for us?” by Tony Juniper, tells the stories of how natural systems sustain our welfare. Read more here •January, 2nd Save Meeting Report – Available for download. •February, India warns against misuse of diclofenac – Efforts by…

•Project Summary – Cambodian Vulture Conservation Project summary for April-May 2012 is available here. •Nepal Vulture Summary 2011-2012 – Bird Conservation Nepal have just produced their annual comprehensive summary of vulture activities across Nepal 2011-12. •May, Vulture Workshop – A Vulture Workshop was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh this month. •Save Our Species – New…

•January, Update on vultures in Myanmar – Paper on the historical and current status of vultures in Myanmar. Download •June, Two new scientific papers on Diclofenac research – Assessing the ongoing threat from veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to Critically Endangered Gyps vultures in India. Cuthbert RJ, Dave R, Sunder Chakraborty S, Kumar S, Prakash S,…

•Nepal raises vulture awareness and destroys over 1500 vials and 13,000 diclofenac tablets. •Vulture programme secures further funding from UK Government’s Darwin Initiative. •Strategy for vulture safe havens agreed for India. •Nepal publishes a five year vulture conservation action plan. •India takes on law-breaking pharmaceutical manufactures with prosecutions of diclofenac company. •Review study on role…

•Another livestock drug – ketoprofen – proves fatal to vultures. •Vulture conservation in Cambodia reports another good year. •Prevalence of diclofenac and other NSAIDs in livestock carcasses in India during 2006. •Captive birds released in to Nepal’s new colony aviary at the vulture breeding centre, Kasara. •World first captive breeding of slender-billed vultures undertaken at…