The first Saturday of September is marked as the International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD). The tenth International Vulture Awareness Day was celebrated on 1 September 2018 and various awareness activities highlighting importance of vulture conservation were organized throughout the week. Vultures are an ecologically vital group of birds that face a range of threats in many areas. Populations of many species are under pressure and some species are facing extinction.

Bird Conservation Nepal supported different local collaborative organizations to organize these awareness raising programs such as Vulture Festival in Vulture Safe Feeding Sites, Local cultural song and dance performance regarding vulture conservation, stake holder interaction, trans boundary dialogue, community awareness, school awareness, poem and drawing competitions, mass rally, photo exhibition, vulture watching and identification in 16 vulture range districts of Nepal. “A weeklong celebration with vulture awareness activities is very fruitful to start meaningful discourse with local government authorities”, said Krishna Prasad Bhudal, VCPO, BCN. “It is very admiring that they are incorporating the vulture conservation activities in their own program these days” People's active participation has led to the success of the event which is amply illustrated by wider media coverage. The detail of IVAD celebration events is following:-

1., Sauraha, Chitwan, S.N, Location, IVAD Activities, Collaborative Partner

2., Madhyabindu, Nawalparasi, Students drawing competition and Vulture Safe Feeding Site, Pithauli visit, Kumarwarti Secondary School/Tours Foundation,  ,

3., Pithauli, Nawalparasi, Journalist exposure visit to Vulture Safe Feeding Site and Release Site in Pithauli with community awareness, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Pithauli,  ,

4., Dumkibans, Nawalparasi, Interaction with stakeholder and trans boundary dialogue on vulture conservation, Vulture Conservation Movement Network,  ,

5., Lumbini, Rupandehi, Mass rally, radio program and Interaction with stakeholders, Green Youth of Lumbini, Nepal,  ,

6., Gaidatal, Rupandehi, Interaction with stakeholders, communities and school students, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Gaidatal,  ,

7., Buddi, Kapilvastu, Interaction with stakeholders and vet practitioners awareness, Nepal Para veterinary and Livestock Association, (NEVLA) Kapilvastu,  ,

8., Lalmatiya, Dang, Mass rally, Interaction with stakeholders, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Lalamatiya,  ,

9., Rampur, Dang, Interaction with stakeholders and nesting site community awareness, Environmental Sustainable Development and Research Center(ESDRC), Dang,  ,

10., Nepalganj, Banke, Stakeholder Interactions and community awareness, Environmental and Rural Development Center (ENRUDEC), Banke,  ,

11., Geruwa, Bardiya, Interaction with stakeholder and admiration of elected local government authorities, Bardiya Nature Conservation Club (BNCC),  ,

12., Khutiya, Kailali, Interaction with stakeholders and community awareness, EARTH and Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Khutiya,  ,

13., Parsiya, Kanchanpur, Interaction with stakeholders and nesting site community awareness, Nature Guide Association Shuklaphanta (NGAS), Kanchanpur,  ,

14., Shuklaphanta National Park, Kanchanpur, Stakeholder interactions and community awareness, Nature Guide Association Shuklaphanta (NGAS), Kanchanpur,  ,

15., Bajura, Mass rally, stakeholders interaction and school awareness, District Forest Office and Rufford Foundation,  ,

16., Argha, Arghakhanchi, Nesting site community awareness and school awareness, Garta Khahare, Khahare Khola Community Forest, and Garlam Government Forest,  Argha,  ,

17., Tamghas, Gulmi, Interaction with stakeholders, Community awareness, School Awareness, Nawa Jana Bikash Yuva Pariwar,  ,

18., Madane, Gulmi, Students essay competition and community awareness, Madane Protected Forest committee,  ,

19., Madanpokhara, Palpa, Community awareness, Interaction with stakeholder and drawing competition among students, Adheri Chharchhare Community Forest, Madanpokhara, Palpa,  ,

20., Pokhara, Kaski, Vulture Photo Exhibition, students poem competition, school awareness and vulture watching walk, Pokhara Bird Society (PBS), Pokhara and BCN Pokhara branch,  ,

21., Ghachok, Kaski, Community awareness, school awareness and stakeholders interaction, Jatayu Restaurant Management Committee, Ghachok, Kaski,  ,

22., Pharping, Kathmandu, Bird watching and awareness, Bird Conservation Nepal,  ,

23., AFU Hetauda, Makawanpur, Talk program on vulture conservation in Nepal and students awareness, AFU and BCN members group,  ,