Gyorgy Szimuly
A Hungarian shorebird conservationist, writer, and lifelong birder working to connect science, fieldwork, and storytelling. Founder of the Hopp Ferenc Bird Ringing Station in Hungary, The Ornithologist, World Shorebirds Day, and PatchBird Surveys.
United Kingdom
Peregrine Falcon Downlisting Debate Exposes a Flawed Conservation Cycle
Peregrine Falcon CITES Downlisting 7Dec250:00/194.664489795918371× 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 lo
Gyorgy Szimuly
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.
Gyorgy Szimuly
