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Projects2018-08-02T11:12:56+02:00

Projects

The Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture participates and promotes different types of projects related to environmental protection. On this page you will find projects that are currently under development, as well as projects already completed.

Projects in progress

2706, 2018

Antidote program

The use of poison in the natural environment is legally prohibited at community (EU), state (Spain) and autonomous (CCAA) level. The illegal use of poisons has become, together with land use change, unsustainable use of natural resources and habitat fragmentation, one of the main threats to the conservation and survival of many wild species.

2706, 2018

SOS Platform for power lines

The SOS Tendidos Eléctricos Platform is made up of nine organizations related to nature conservation, and was created, after a series of previous actions that have placed the true dimension of the problem of power lines, with the main objective of alerting public opinion and administrations about the seriousness of the problem of electrocution and collision of birds in power lines, today, the main cause of unnatural death faced by our most endangered bird species.

Finished projects

3107, 2018

LIFE + RED Quebrantahuesos Project

The Bearded Vulture became extinct in the Picos de Europa in the mid-20th century, with the last reproduction data dating back to the 1960s. The main objective of this project was to create the necessary environmental conditions for the permanent establishment of the Bearded Vulture specimens present in the mountainous environment of the Picos de Europa.

3007, 2018

Cooperation project “AUTONOMOUS AND SUSTAINABLE SOBRARBE”.

The Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCQ) and the Aragonese Association of Pyrenean Breed Cattle Breeders (ASAPI), join forces with the support of the Aínsa Town Council, owner of the municipal slaughterhouse, the University of Zaragoza and the Sobrarbe Businessmen Association to encourage the consumption of Pyrenean Breed meat km 0, born, raised and slaughtered in Sobrarbe itself, thus facilitating contributions to the necrophagous bird feeder managed by the FCQ in Aínsa and closing a circle of development and sustainability that encompasses livestock farming, catering and environmental conservation.

2906, 2018

Pilot project for innovation and sustainable development through the recovery of endangered species 2009 – 2012

The Pilot Project "Innovation and sustainable development through the recovery of endangered species", financed by the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs within the framework of the National Rural Network, is presented as a work initiative that aims to activate innovative mechanisms of social promotion capable of promoting sustainable rural development initiatives linked to the conservation of endangered species. The main objective of this project was to create the necessary environmental conditions for the permanent establishment of the Bearded Vulture specimens present in the mountainous environment of the Picos de Europa.

2906, 2018

LIFE Project (2002 – 2005): recovery of the Bearded Vulture in the Picos de Europa.

The Bearded Vulture became extinct in the Picos de Europa in the mid-20th century, with the last reproduction data dating back to the 1960s. The main objective of this project was to create the necessary environmental conditions for the permanent establishment of the Bearded Vulture specimens present in the mountainous environment of the Picos de Europa.

2706, 2018

Borda Project: initiatives for rural development through nature conservation

Under the project title "Borda: initiatives for rural development through nature conservation in the Pyrenees", a series of management, education and environmental conservation experiences were initiated, compatible with the maintenance of agricultural and livestock activities. through the conservation of the biological and landscape diversity that the Pyrenees house.

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