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 LIFE FEEDING SCAVENGERS - NATURAL
FEEDING HABITAT RESTORATION FOR
CINEREUS VULTURE AND OTHER AVIAN
SCAVENGERS IN CENTRAL SPAIN
LIFE13 NAT/ES/001130
Project description Environmental issues Beneficiaries Administrative data R e a d m o r e Contact details:
Contact person: Nuria El Khadir Palomo
Tel: 0034915100133
Fax: 0034914135492
Email: c b d - h a b i t a t @ c b d - h a b i t a t . c o m
Project description:
Background
After two decades of recovery, species of black vulture and other necrophagous
birds (i.e. feeding on carrion) face a new threat, namely a lack of food. This has
been caused by several factors, including the emergence of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE), which provoked strict measures to prevent its spread; the
most important, with regard to these birds being an obligation to collect and
dispose of sheep, goat and cattle corpses in central Spain. The management of
by-products of hoofed animals coming from hunting has also changed in recent
years, due to considerations of disease spread, resulting in the reduction of food
availability for scavenging species. Stricter health controls from farms, to
slaughterhouses and meat production facilities have also reduced waste food
sources. In addition, the decline of extensive livestock grazing in recent years,
particularly of sheep, reduces considerably the potential biomass available for
black vulture and other priority bird scavenger species of European Community
interest. Objectives
The LIFE FEEDING SCAVENGERS project aims to protect black vultures in their
natural habitats in central Spain, using feeding stations in locations that reduce
inter-specific competition. Specific project objectives are to: Construct a database of food availability spatial data, to help optimise the
Construct a database of food availability spatial data, to help optimise the
management of available biomass for its use by the black vulture and other
necrophagous bird species;
Make available enough food for black vulture and other species, in such a
way that its spatial distribution benefits all of the wild scavenger bird
species of community interest in the project area of central Spain;
Reduce the competition of the black vulture against other scavenger bird
species with unfavourable conservation status, through a spatial
distribution and accessibility to food that favours all species;
Keep the reproductive success of target species within optimal parameters;
Ease the re-colonisation of historic breeding areas to the black vulture;
Complete a supplementary feeding point network to guarantee access to
food for black vulture when necessary and, in addition, to mitigate against
potential food crisis and reduce mortality due to the illegal use of poison;
Analyse causes where food is not eaten and suggest necessary corrections;
Adjust feeding programmes to current legislation; and
Reduce the existing conflict between scavenger species and livestock
farmers.
Expected results: A dynamic database, including the amount of animal remains potentially usable
as food by the black vulture and other scavenger bird species;
All extensive livestock farmers informed of the requirement to leave animal
remains at protected areas and to encourage the incorporation of these into the
feeding programme;
Ten mobile supplementary feeding stations built;
An annual balance between available animal biomass and the feeding necessities
of the scavenger populations in the project areas achieved;
Reproductive success of target species kept within optimal range that is 0.7 for
black vulture, 0.7 for Griffon vulture, 0.9 for Egyptian vulture, 1.6 for red kite
and 1.6 for black kite;
Increased percentage of threatened black vulture, Egyptian vulture and black kite,
in relation to the number of griffon vulture, throughout the project area; and
Livestock farmers in the project area trained in techniques for feeding target
scavenger bird species.
Results
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Environmental issues addressed:
Themes
Species - Birds
Keywords
endangered species‚ restoration measure Target species
Aegypius monachus Aquila adalberti Aquila chrysaetos Canis lupus Milvus
migrans Milvus milvus Neophron percnopterus Natura 2000 sites
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CAÑÓN DEL RÍO LOBOS
SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA
HOCES DEL RÍO DURATÓN
VALLE DE IRUELAS
VALLE DEL TIÉTAR
CERRO DE GUISANDO
PINARES DEL BAJO ALBERCHE
VALLES DEL VOLTOYA Y EL ZORITA
CAMPO AZÁLVARO-PINARES DE PEGUERINOS
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SIERRA DE GREDOS
SIERRA DE LA PARAMERA Y SERROTA
ENCINARES DE LA SIERRA DE ÁVILA
SABINARES DEL ARLANZA
CANDELARIO
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HOCES DEL RÍO RIAZA
SIERRA DE AYLLÓN
LAGUNAS DE CANTALEJO
SABINARES DE SOMOSIERRA
LAGUNAS DE SANTA MARÍA LA REAL DE NIEVA
SABINARES SIERRA DE CABREJAS
CAMPOS DE ALBA
DEHESA DE LOS RÍOS GAMO Y MARGAÑÁN
LA NAVA-RUEDA
CAMPO AZÁLVARO-PINARES DE PEGUERINOS
ENCINARES DE LOS RÍOS ADAJA Y VOLTOYA
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CERRO DE GUISANDO
PINARES DEL BAJO ALBERCHE
VALLE DEL TIÉTAR
SABINARES DEL ARLANZA
CAMPO DE ARGAÑÁN
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CAMPO DE AZABA
CANDELARIO
LAS BATUECAS-SIERRA DE FRANCIA
QUILAMAS
VALLE DEL CUERPO DE HOMBRE
HOCES DEL RÍO RIAZA
LAGUNAS DE CANTALEJO
SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA
VALLES DEL VOLTOYA Y EL ZORITA
CAÑÓN DE RÍO LOBOS
PINAR DE LOSANA
ENCINARES DE TIERMES
ALTOS DE BARAHONA
EL CARRASCAL
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Beneficiaries:
Coordinator
Type of organisation
Description
Partners
Fundación CBD para la conservación de la
Biodiversidad y su Hábitat
NGO-Foundation
The CBD Habitat Foundation is a non-profit
Spanish environmental NGO dedicated to
biodiversity and habitat conservation. It has
broad experience of the conservation of
endangered species. Junta CyL(Consejería de Fomento y Medio
Ambiente), Spain FPN(Fundación del Patrimonio
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Administrative data:
Project reference
Duration
Total budget
EU contribution
Project location
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LIFE13 NAT/ES/001130
01-JUL-2014 to 30-JUL -2017
759,811.00 €
455,886.00 €
Madrid(España),Castilla-León(España),Castilla-La
Mancha(España),Extremadura(España)
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Project description Environmental issues Beneficiaries Administrative data R e a d m o r e