"A huge number of people are involved with working to conserve Asia's vulture populations. Some work full time, some part-time, some for a few weeks and many are volunteers. However, all are committed to securing a future for vultures and without them the programme would not function".
SAVE BoardÂ
The SAVE Board is made up of one representative from each Core partner, and is chaired by a nominated Chairperson.
The Chairperson is elected by Board and serves for a four-year term. The Chairperson may or may not be an existing Board member or partner member. They are responsible for chairing Board meetings and will work closely with the SAVE Advisor and Coordinator to develop
priorities for discussion.
Members
Jemima Parry-Jones
Horstmann Trust, UK
SAVE Chair
Kishor Rithe
Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), India
Ms Ishana Thapa
Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN)
Vinayagan Dharmarajah
BirdLife International
Thiri Dae We Aung
Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA) Myanmar
Jo Gilbert
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), UK
M. Jamshed Iqbal Chaudhry
WWF Pakistan
Alam Sarowar Dipu
IUCN Bangladesh
Ms Naiky Ny
Coordinator Cambodia Vulture Working Group
Penny Smout
Hawk Conservancy Trust, UK
SAVE Advisor
Chris Bowden MBE
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), UK
SAVE Co-ordinator
Mary Davies
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), UK
Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)
John Mallord TAP Chair
RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, UK
Mary Davies TAP Co-ordinator
RSPB Global Species Recovery UK
Jemima Parry-Jones
International Centre for Birds of Prey
Ankit Bilash Joshi
Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN)
Professor Rhys Green
Cambridge University
Campbell Murn
University of Reading, UK
Chris Parish
The Peregrine Fund, USA
M. Jamshed Chaudhry
WWF Pakistan
Abhijit Pawde
IVRI India
Dr Karikalan Mathesh
IVRI India
Alam Sarowar Dipu
IUCN Bangladesh
Dr Mark Taggart
Environmental Research Institute (ERI)
Andrew Routh
Independent veterinarian
Sachin Ranade
BNHS
Prof Vinny Naidoo
University of Pretoria
Vibhu Prakash
Independent Vulture Expert, India
Samnang Eang
Rising Phoenix, Cambodia VWG
Ngwe Lwin
Fauna Flora International, Myanmar VWG
Jamie McKaughan
Hawk Conservancy Trust
Martin Gilbert
Cornell University
Krishna Pd Bhusal,
Vulture Expert, Nepal
Anand Chaudhary
BirdLife Asia
Advocacy Committee (AC)
TBC
Fundraising and Communications Committee (FCC)
Vinayagan Dharmarajah FCC Chair
BirdLife International Asia (Singapore)
Mary Davies FCC Co-ordinator
RSPB Global Species Recovery, UK
M. Jamshed Chaudhry
WWF Pakistan
Thiri Dae We Aung
Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association (BANCA), Myanmar VWG
Ishana Thapa
Bird Conservation Nepal
Mr Bou Vorsak
NatureLife Cambodia, Cambodia VWG
Alam Sarowar Dipu
IUCN Bangladesh
Kishor Rithe
Bombay Natural History Society, India
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Previous Chairs
Professor Rhys Green
2018 - 2023
Professor David Houston
2014 - 2018
Ian Newton
2011 - 2014
For details of the teams on the ground in country, see Our International Teams