Developed in collaboration with the Mediterranean Cooperation Center of the IUCN (IUCN-Med) and the French Development Agency (AFD), this strategy, the first of its kind in the region, is the result of rigorous scientific work and a participatory process involving researchers, experts, and NGOs, the ANEF stated in a release, adding that it sets an ambitious roadmap for the protection and sustainable return of raptors in Morocco.
This strategy concerns twelve emblematic species, including the bearded vulture, the Egyptian vulture, the Bonelli’s eagle, the golden eagle, and the griffon vulture, which has recently returned to nest in Morocco after more than forty years of absence, the same source clarified.
Through this National Action Plan, the ANEF aims to protect habitats, reduce threats, strengthen research and scientific monitoring, and rehabilitate injured individuals.
On the sidelines of this conference, ANEF Director General Abderrahim Houmy met with Amy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
This meeting allowed for an exchange on cooperation prospects between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Secretariat of the aforementioned convention in favor of preserving migratory species and biodiversity at the regional level, the release concluded.