Saving Asias Vultures from Extinction (SAVE) AGM 2021
Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction
Virtual AGM 2021
Save Open Day – Welcome and Opening remarks
SAVE Chair Professor Rhys Green, welcomes you all to the Annual Review Open Day.
Professor Rhys Green
Introducing SAVE and 2021 updates
Save’s Programme Manager, Chris Bowden, gives us the background on SAVE, what has been achieved in 2021 and the way forward for 2022
Chris Bowden
Declaration of first Vulture Safe Zone
Rhys Green/ Ishana Thapa
Pakistan Summary
Highlights of progress and challenges in Pakistan in 2020 including pharmacy surveys
Jamshed Chaudhry
Nepal Summary
Highlights of progress and challenges in Nepal in 2021
Ankit Joshi
India Summary
Highlights of progress and challenges in India in 2021 including vulture breeding programme , VSZs, funding.
Vibhu Prakash
Bangladesh Summary
Highlights of progress and challenges in Bangladesh in 2021 including VSZs
Alam Sarowar
Myanmar Summary
Highlights of progress and challenges in Myanmar in 2021
Thiri Daweiaung
Cambodia Summary
Highlights of progress and challenges in Cambodia in 2021
Naiky Ny
Prokriti O Jibon Foundation:
Vision and work in 2021
Muqeed Majumdar Babu
The social costs of keystone species collapse:
Evidence from the decline of vultures in India
Eyal Frank
Tagging Egyptian vultures in Uzbekistan
Anna Ten
Vulture Safe Zone monitoring in India
Mary Davies
Safety testing results 2021
John Mallord
Red headed vulture breeding in an Italian zoo
Caterina Spiezio
SAVE Workshop Presentations – Day 2 – Themes Day
Opening address – Session 1
Summary of progress on last year’s workshop
Chris Bowden
Survival of released white-rumped vultures in Nepal:
The need for updating the release protocol
John Mallord
The new release protocol and update on 2021 releases
Ankit Joshi
Session 2 – Assessing the seriousness and operational importance of threats to vulture populations
Rhys Green
Identifying the key threats to a migratory vulture along the flyway
Steffen Oppel
From investigation to insulation:
Best short- term mitigation practices for bird-safe energy infrastructure
Stoyan Nikolov
Surveys of power infrastructure in Nepal
Ankit Joshi
Electrocution and collision with powerlines-
A potential threat to vultures in Nepal
Tulsi Subedi
Disarm the ‘silent killer’:
Anti-poison activities in the Balkans
Stoyan Nikolov
Summary of approach to Poison baits in India
Sachin Ranade
Poison response protocols:
Lessons learnt from training and preliminary implementation in Cambodia
Christel Griffioen
How can we monitor mortality of Asia’s vultures:
launching the mortality database
Chris Bowden
Summary of emerging threats discussions and next steps
John Mallord