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  Species Released at Grands Causses, Gorges de la Jonte
  	
      
  Grands Causses, Gorges de la Jonte  
	
	 / Griffon vulture
	 
	
		Location:    | 
		Parc national des Cevennes, France
			  	
			 
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		Latitude:    | 
		
				 					44.12 N
				 	
				  	 	
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		Longitude:    | 
		
				 					3.36 E
				 				  		
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	  Reason For Action:       | 
	  Return species to former range
			  
	  		  
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	  Reason For Decline:    | 
	  
								Hunting 			Poisoning 									Food							  	  
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	  Problem Addressed?    |   
	  Yes
		  
	  	  
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	  Release Habitat Type:    | 
	  Other
		  		  
	  	   
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	  Total Habitat Area (acres):    | 
	  
									494000.00
												
		    
		  		
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	  Size of Release Area (acres):    | 
	  
									7412.00
												
		    
		  	  
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	  Within Known Range:    | 
	  Yes
		  
	  	 
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	  Habitat Protected?    |  
	  Yes
		  	
	  		 
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	  Habitat Alterations:    | 
	  
					Nesting 			Feeding																										 
		  		 
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	  Invasives Removed:    | 
	  
					No
		    
		  	
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	  Wild Population Present?    | 
	  No
		  
	  	 
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	  Wild Population Size:    |   
	  
					No
		  
		  			
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	  Program Status:      |  
	  Completed
		  
	  	 
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	  Program Status Year:    | 
	  
									1986
													
		 
		  		  
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	  Continually Supplemented?    |   
	  No
			  
	  		 
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	  Population Status:      |  
	  Increasing
		  
	  	 
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	  Population Status Year:      |  
	  
									2008
													
		 
		  		  
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	  Current Population Size:    |   
	  
									170
				 - 180
								
		   
		  	
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	  Current Population Year:    |   
	  
									2008
													
		   
		  	
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	  Agencies:    |   
	  
	  				Fond d'intervention pour les Rapaces 
					Parc National des Cevennes 
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