Title | Public Lecture The Magnificent Vulture End of the Road |
Publication Type | Reports (Public Lectures) |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Keywords | The, Magnificent , Vulture , End, of the, Road, |
Abstract | Vultures have existed for eons – as part of our mythology, amongst Egyptian Pharos and Greek legends. Yet in a short span of 20 years, they are close to extinction in South Asia and beyond.Todaytheyareclassifiedascritically?endangeredbytheInternationalUnionfor the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as the population of vultures has declined by an alarming rate of over 99 per cent during the last two decades. |
Citation key | 170 |
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