MEET THE TEAM
Who We Are
JOVAN ANDEVSKI
Conservation Director
Jovan Andevski was born in Skopje, Macedonia, and studied Biology there. His first working experience was as a project assistant on a vulture conservation project in Macedonia (2003). Since 2008, he is working as the coordinator for the Balkan Vulture Action Plan, firstly for the Black Vulture Conservation Foundation, then for the Frankfurt Zoological Society and since 2013 for the Vulture Conservation Foundation. During the last 20 years, he worked on vulture research and conservation, project management and coordination at international level. He is practically involved in the Cinereous Vulture reintroduction projects in France and Bulgaria, and in Griffon Vulture reintroduction projects in Bulgaria, Sardinia, and Cyprus. In 2018, he established the Wildlife Crime Academy focusing on improvement of law enforcement capacitates and efficiency in combating wildlife crime across Europe and beyond. He was also involved in the preparation of the Multi-species Action Plan to conserve African-Eurasian Vultures (Vulture MsAP), Cinereous Vulture Flyway Action Plan and the European Species Action Plan for the Cinereous Vultures. Since 2025, he was appointed as the VCF’s Conservation Director.
