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Check out the latest news and upcoming events of LIFE Aegypius Return to stay tuned with the project

NEWS AND EVENTS

Our website is updated regularly with our latest news and upcoming events about our LIFE Aegypius Return conservation project. Be sure to check our news and events page frequently to stay informed. By engaging with our project and attending our events, you can help us achieve our objective to consolidate the Cinereous Vulture population in Portugal and Western Spain.

New Lead-Free Ammunition Ambassadors. ©ANPC

LIFE Aegypius Return launches survey for hunters and game managers to assess perceptions on lead-free ammunition 

The survey precedes a series of training sessions aimed at encouraging the ...
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New group of Cinereous Vultures in the acclimatization programme ©Palombar

Third group of Cinereous Vultures begins acclimatisation in Douro Internacional, Portugal 

This initiative by the LIFE Aegypius Return project aims to strengthen the ...
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Participants at the Free Sky for Birds 2026 Conference ©Jozef Chavko, Tomáš Veselovský

Cinereous Vulture protection in the spotlight at international conference on mitigating power line impacts 

The LIFE Aegypius Return project presented the diplomatic and scientific approach adopted ...
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Artificial Cinereous Vulture nest built in the Douro Internacional colony area ©Palombar

In this destructive winter in Iberia, Cinereous Vultures have gained more nesting platforms and safer nests

The impacts of the catastrophic episodes that have ravaged Portugal and Spain ...
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Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) ©Pedro Rego

Cinereous Vulture: Crowdfunding campaign launched after major fire in Douro Internacional hits target and restoration measures are implemented  

The campaign generated a wave of solidarity, and donations are helping to ...
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The six acclimatised Cinereous Vultures in 2025. ©Palombar 

Where are the Cinereous Vultures acclimatised in Douro Internacional? 

The soft release programme of the LIFE Aegypius Return project has already completed the ...
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GIC training in Serra da Estrela © GNR

New specialized laboratory strengthens poison detection and nature protection in Portugal

The National Republican Guard (GNR) has inaugurated a new K9 laboratory to ...
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A red kite killed in a suspected case of poisoning, detected as part of Palombar's Sentinels project in 2023. ©Palombar

17 Red kites found dead in central Portugal

The Portuguese authorities – Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF) and ...
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Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius monachus) at a feeding ground for scavenging birds. © Bruno Berthemy/VCF 

Using the Cinereous Vulture microbiome to strengthen public and animal health 

A LIFE Aegypius Return spin-off project has been approved to link scientific research with ...
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