{"id":62244,"date":"2025-09-06T15:29:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T09:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62244"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:29:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T09:59:43","slug":"vulture-network-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vulture-network-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulture Network Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vulture Network Portal<\/b> <b>Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, an Assam-based foundation developed the Vulture Network portal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vulture Network Portal<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>cloud-based portal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> designed to serve as a comprehensive knowledge and awareness platform <\/span><b>on vultures of India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>first of its kind in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; to build a network of individuals engaged in saving the large scavenger birds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was started by <\/span><b>We Foundation India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supported by dedicated partners<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as the Assam Bird Monitoring Network and other organisations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed to compile <\/span><b>scientific information<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>spread awareness,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and provide freely downloadable outreach materials for anyone interested in conducting awareness campaigns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It focuses on the <\/span><b>threats of carcass poisoning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, harmful veterinary drugs such as <\/span><b>diclofenac,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and negative social perceptions, all of which continue to drive vulture population decline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is disseminating information in local languages, <\/span><b>beginning with Assamese.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Vultures Found in India<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Slender-billed vulture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(only about 800 mature individuals left) white-rumped vulture, red-headed vulture, Himalayan griffon, Indian vulture, cinereous vulture, Eurasian griffon, Egyptian vulture, and bearded vulture.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/assam\/indias-first-vulture-conservation-portal-launched-in-assam\/article70007081.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vulture Network Portal is a cloud-based portal designed to serve as a comprehensive knowledge and awareness platform on vultures of India. 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