Overview

• On August 21, Aaranyak launched an education and sensitisation drive at the Chhaygaon Revenue Circle office to involve gram pradhans in vulture conservation.
• Organisers set a goal of zero vulture deaths in Kamrup, and the Chhaygaon Circle Officer pledged administrative support to spread practices across villages.
• Assam Forest School supplied vulture‑preferred nesting‑tree saplings from a new nursery that raises more than 80% of species favored by the birds for planting.
• Despite India’s ban on veterinary NSAIDs linked to past declines, pesticide‑laced carcasses remain a major threat, with at least 600 vultures lost in Kamrup over 15 years.
• Aaranyak’s Sagun Mitra and Nest Guardianship initiatives frame the push, which highlights vultures’ disease‑control role and cites research linking declines to higher human disease burdens.