The Cinereous Vulture Colony in the Douro International has grown, along with cross-border cooperation to protect it - Vulture Conservation Foundation

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The Cinereous Vulture Colony in the Douro International has grown, along with cross-border cooperation to protect it - Vulture Conservation Foundation

Palombar, together with Portuguese and Spanish authorities, is strengthening efforts to monitor and protect Portugal’s most vulnerable Cinereous Vulture colony. The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) colony in Douro Internacional has become a symbol of persistence and hope. Established in 2012, it was only the second colony in Portugal—four decades after the species had vanished as a breeder in the country. For years, the colony consisted of …