Biodiversity in Africa and its associated islands is threatened
by the needs of the human population, which is growing at an
unsustainable rate. Conservation in Africa needs to expand from
its historical approach of preservation in parks and reserves to
one of humans co-existing with wildlife. Nearly one-third of the
world's diurnal raptors and a quarter of the world’s owl species
occur in Africa and its associated islands. Considerable
research has been completed on birds of prey in southern Africa
but much remains to be done elsewhere on the continent. Studies
also are needed on the importance of winter ranges for birds of
prey migrating from the Palearctic zone (Europe, northern
Africa, and most of Asia). Since 1990, our Pan Africa Program
has worked to identify priorities for raptor conservation across
the continent and provide direction and communication to help
ensure species survival. No research grants were provided by the
Pan Africa Program in FY10 outside of the East Africa and
Madagascar Projects b