Vulture restaurant at Nawalparasi. Photo courtesy: Tulsi Rauniyar
Culture
How Nepal is bringing vultures back from the brink
By establishing vulture restaurants, safe zones and community-based conservation efforts, Nepal has become one of the most successful countries in vulture conservation
As the population of vultures across Southasia was declining, in 2006, Nepal took an innovative step to bring vultures back from the brink of extinction. It established seven vulture restaurants across the country to provide the birds with safe food. It later established larger Vulture Safe Zones covering areas critical to vultures, such as nesting and roosting sites.