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, [...]

Biodiversity declines more in areas with greater deployment of wind farms. Effective preventive measures exist but are not yet required by current regulations At least 8,960 birds have died since 2020 in Spain after impacting wind turbine blades. This is revealed by official data from 12 regions, reports that the Foundation for the Conservation of [...]

A total of 21 Bearded Vulture chicks have fledged in the Pre-Pyrenees and Aragonese Pyrenees during the 2022-2023 season. These data show the stability of the population of this species in the region, given that the productivity index - the number of chicks that fly in relation to the number of breeding units analyzed - [...]

At the beginning of September, the last goat raisers on the mountains grasslands of the Sierra de Gredos met with the FCQ to develop a mutually beneficial project. On the one hand, the aim is to increase the income of livestock farmers through the enhancement of their production and, on the other hand, the maintenance [...]

La fundación y Red Eléctrica impulsan un plan para instalar dispositivos en 160 kilómetros del tendido con los que evitar accidentes de las aves. A new campaign for the reception and release of bearded vultures starts in the Picos de Europa. Two females arrived yesterday from the National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido: 'Europa' [...]

Last Tuesday, June 13, the last of the three Bearded Vultures to be released in 2023 arrived at the hacking facilities in the Sierra de Gredos Regional Park. It is a bird born last March, in the Center for Breeding in Human Isolation (CRIAH), owned by the Government of Aragon and managed by the Foundation [...]