In its commitment to sustainability, the reserve's guards will stop using lead ammunition and the same will be recommended to ibex hunters. On March 11, the annual auction of hunting lots of the Regional Hunting Reserve of Gredos (Ávila) took place in the mountain town of Cuevas del Valle (Ávila). The big novelty this year [...]

The Government of Aragón has begun to collaborate with the Junta de Andalucía in the conservation of the bearded vulture. Yesterday, we received the visit of the President of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón and the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Manuel Blasco at the Center for the Recovery and Breeding of the Bearded [...]

The bearded vulture disappeared from Gredos in the 40's of the last century. As part of the LIFE Pro Bearded Vulture project managed by the Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCQ), we have traveled to the mountain town of Candeleda (Ávila) for a first tasting of the raw goat's milk cheeses that [...]

Like the Iberian Lynx, the Black Vulture or the Imperial Eagle, the Bearded Vulture inhabited all the mountains of the Iberian Peninsula, in most of which it was eradicated throughout the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Organized by the FCQ, the first Seminar of the Iberian Strategy for the conservation of [...]

REE, with the support of the FCQ, has submitted its project to reduce the risk of its power lines for the bearded vulture to the red Natura 2000 award. Since 2011, REE has voluntarily beaconed its power lines in Special Protection Areas for Birds and other sensitive areas to avoid bird collisions, a commitment it [...]

Four leading NGOs in the environmental sector have joined forces after detecting that certain farmers and ranchers with final criminal sentences for serious breaches of environmental regulations continue to receive CAP aid. This is a systemic fraud involving public funds due to a lax penalty regime and a lack of administrative coordination. To be eligible [...]

The eleven students of the training and employment program Forest Uses Candeleda-Gredos, visited the Casa del Parque de Hoyos del Espino, where they learned about the activities carried out on the north side of Gredos. The team of the Bearded Vulture Foundation explained the activities being developed in the area under the LIFE Pro Bearded [...]

The Public Prosecutor's Office and the Armed Forces see indications of environmental crimes and prevarication in the processing of 62 wind and solar power plants and four power lines deployed in Teruel, Zaragoza and Huesca. The Public Prosecutor's Office and the Guardia Civil have detected indications of environmental crimes and prevarication in the processing of [...]

The farmers of the "Lechazos Pro-Biodiversity" Guarantee Brand received training on fundamental aspects of animal welfare in extensive mountain livestock farming. This is a very specific training, since there was nothing focused on this type of livestock farming. Everything that had been done so far was aimed at intensive livestock farming. In order to carry [...]

An unprecedented seminar brings together representatives of foundations and public administrations involved in conservation projects. The participants agree to exchange individuals to improve the gene pool of this bird's populations in Spain. The Parador de Turismo de Gredos has hosted this week the first scientific-technical seminar on captive breeding of the bearded vulture in Spain, [...]