Bearded Vulture Recovery Programme

Bearded Vulture Recovery Programme Conservation and Preservation The Bearded Vulture is a Critically Endangered species inhabiting the Maloti-Drakensberg mountains of Lesotho and South Africa.

The population is isolated and genetically distinct, but declining as a result of numerous threats such as poisoning (both intentional and unintentional), collection for belief-based use, habitat loss and degradation, decreasing food availability and quality, human disturbance, and collisions with energy infrastructure. Bearded Vultures provide important ecosystem services that benefit people by c

leaning up carcasses and contributing to tourism. The aims of the Bearded Vulture Recovery Programme are:
• To ensure the long-term survival of the species through halting the population decline and stabilizing the population at the current population size (approximately 100 breeding pairs) over the next ten years.
• To grow the population to a realistic carrying capacity (150 breeding pairs) in the future and maintaining a positive population growth rate.

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