Dr Munir Virani coordinates the Asian Vulture Crisis Project for The Peregrine Fund. He also carries out research on raptors in Kenya in association with the National Museums of Kenya. The Augur Buzzard Project served as the basis of his PhD thesis at the University of Leicester in the UK. This Project was funded through grants from The Peregrine Fund, the Earthwatch Institute, and the Aga Khan Foundation. The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance he has received over the years from the Lake Naivasha Riparian Association.
More at … http://www.globalraptors.org/grin/ResearcherResults.asp?lresID=163
http://www.peregrinefund.org/pdfs/ResearchLibrary/Virani.pdf
Ismailimail 
Thats a big vulture you are holding in the photo! Congratulations and best wishes in furthering studies in this little known area.
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Congratulation Dr. Munir Virani
I am from Nepal, i have explored critically endangered vultures from far western mid hills of Nepal and i have just completed my masters disertation on vulture conservation in Nepal through vulture scholarship program from Bird Conservation Nepal, Darwin Initiative and RSPB. I am planning to explore more colonies of these natural scavengers in far western Nepal which supports vulture conservation strategies too…
looking forward to your response
Thank you
With Best Regards
Dikpal
dikpal.karmacharya@yahoo.com
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