Galala Raptor Count © Stoyan Nikolov
Monitoring Egyptian Vulture Migration at the Galala Observatory
During the migratory seasons (every spring and autumn), over 1.5 million birds migrate over the Galala Mountains, which extend along the Gulf of Suez, from Ain Sukhna to Zaafarana in Egypt. Given that Egyptian Vultures as well as other vultures and raptors can be easily spotted at this bottleneck area of bird migration, Nature Conservation Egypt (NCE) has recently established the Galala Observatory at the site. A permanent monitoring station founded under the Egyptian Vulture New LIFE project, the Observatory is hoped to become a hotspot for the monitoring of raptors and other migratory species, the study of other migratory species, and attract birdwatching tourism in Egypt.
Apr 28, 2022Read more
© Pavel Stepanek
Flyway Project to Reinforce Egyptian Vulture Populations in the Balkans
Institutions and organizations from 14 countries in the Balkans, Middle East and Africa have come together under a flyway conservation project for the Egyptian Vulture. The aim to reinforce the easternmost Egyptian Vulture populations in Europe by implementing urgent conservation measures to address major known threats at the breeding grounds and along the flyway.
Dec 19, 2017Read more
Bird nets along the Egyptian coast © Holger Schulz/NABU
Bird Trapping in Egypt and Libya – Plan of Action Put in Place
The Plan of Action to Address Bird Trapping along the Mediterranean Coasts of Egypt and Libya went public today together with the launch of the freshly-developed website for the International Task Force, established to ensure its effective implementation. The Plan of Action (PoA) was developed in advance of the coordination meeting on bird trapping in Egypt and Libya, convened by the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat on 29 November 2013 at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany, where it was revised.
Apr 03, 2014Read more
2013/023: New Signatory to the Raptors MOU
The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) in its capacity as Depositary of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Bi
Sep 09, 2013Read more
Egypt becomes 45th Signatory to the Raptors MOU. From left to right: Nick P. Williams, Programme Officer, Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MOU; Dr. Fatma Abou Shouk, Chief Executive Officer of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency; Lyle Glowka, Executive Coordinator, CMS Office - Abu Dhabi.
Egypt Becomes the 45th Signatory to the Raptors MOU
Egypt signed the CMS Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MoU) during the opening of the Saker Falcon Task Force - Stakeholders’ Action Planning Workshop in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Sep 09, 2013Read more