{"id":10418,"date":"2021-03-17T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=10418"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:12:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T13:12:15","slug":"sahara-conservation-fund-niger-vulture-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/17\/sahara-conservation-fund-niger-vulture-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahara Conservation Fund – Niger Vulture Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the quarter February to April 2021, the conservation project Nature Picture Library is supporting is the Sahara Conservation Fund’s (SCF) work in monitoring vultures in Niger. African vulture populations have declined by 80% in the last 30 years, and in some parts of West Africa by as much as 97% outside of protected areas.<\/h3>\n
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Lappet-faced vulture at carcass, Termit Tin Toumma National Park, Niger.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Sahara Conservation Fund<\/a> (SCF) was established in 2004 to address the\u00a0largely ignored and catastrophic wave of extinction threatening the large birds and mammals in Africa. The mission of the Sahara Conservation Fund is to conserve the\u00a0wildlife, habitats and other natural resources of the Sahara and\u00a0its bordering Sahelian grasslands.<\/p>\n

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Niger’s 6 Vulture Species<\/h3>\n

Our donation will help fund SCF\u2019s work in monitoring vultures in Niger. One of the most misunderstood birds of prey, vultures, through feeding on carrion, provide humanity with an immeasurable service. SCF\u2019s teams in Niger and Chad monitor six species of vulture to assess threats to these declining populations. In fact, all six are priority species for conservation. The gallery below shows the six species of vulture which nest in Niger. Of these, four are critically endangered and the other two endangered. Click on any images for the caption.<\/p>\n