A community level awareness program was organized at Gargare, Rupendehi on 27 January 2014. The program was jointly organized by  Bhisahi area forest office, Livestock sub center Gargare, Gaindatal jatayu restaurant management committee, Rudrapur community forest user group and Bird conservation Nepal.

The participants were different forest user group members, different veterinary proprietors, and officials from forest office, local political party leaders, students and BCN executive members.

During the program, the significance of vulture and need of vulture safe zone (VSZ) was shared and discussed. BCN’s vision, mission and the initiation for vulture conservation in Nepal was also shared. The role of local people in vulture conservation and its habitat management was discussed. The community forest user groups were requested to incorporate vulture conservation program in the community forest operation plan.  A short documentary film of SAVE was also shown.