A Generation Restored: How Griffon Vultures Thrived Four Decades After Reintroduction
The Grands Causses Griffon Vulture population monitored across four decades of post-reintroduction research. © Marion Goascoz

A Generation Restored: How Griffon Vultures Thrived Four Decades After Reintroduction

Four decades of monitoring show that Griffon Vultures in the Grands Causses maintain exceptionally high survival, revealing why this reintroduction became one of Europe’s most successful raptor recoveries.


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Peregrine Falcon Downlisting Debate Exposes a Flawed Conservation Cycle
A proposal to ease international trade restrictions on the Peregrine Falcon has triggered warnings that conservation gains could be undermined just as the species recovers. © Attila Szilágyi

Peregrine Falcon Downlisting Debate Exposes a Flawed Conservation Cycle

The proposal to downlist the Peregrine Falcon from Appendix I to Appendix II under CITES has prompted a wave of concern among raptor specialists, who warn that the move risks destabilising one of conservation’s most expensive recovery stories. The issue, highlighted in The Parliament Magazine, underscores a broader problem in international wildlife governance: the assumption that population recovery is equivalent to long-term security. The Peregrine Falcon’s comeback is frequently c


Gyorgy Szimuly

Gyorgy Szimuly