Conserving Raptors Across Regions: Action Plans for Falcons and Vultures

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11/10/2025
15:00 - 15:45
UAE Pavilion
Exhibition
Exhibitor event
Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action

Session Description

Vultures are the most threatened group of raptors across Africa and Eurasia, facing steep population declines driven by poisoning, habitat loss, and other human-induced pressures. This session will bring together experts and conservation leaders in a high-level panel to discuss vulture conservation action planning and to launch the West Africa Vulture Conservation Plan.
Organised by
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment ( United Arab Emirates )
Partners
The Convention on Migratory Species

Speaker

Speaker Lesley DICKIE
Lesley DICKIE

Executive Vice President for Conservation and the Regions, BirdLife International

Speaker Umberto GALLO ORSI
Umberto GALLO ORSI

Head , Coordinating Unit, Raptors MOU, CMS

Speaker Ndapanda KANIME
Ndapanda KANIME

Senior Programme Officer, SADC Secretariat

Speaker Shaimaa ZAGHLOUL
Shaimaa ZAGHLOUL

General Manger-Nature Conservation Sector, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency