Pesticides are extensively used in modern agriculture and are an effective and economical
way to enhance the yield quality and quantity, thus ensuring food security for the ever …

This review critically examines the multifaceted impacts of chemical pesticides on
environmental ecosystems and human health, highlighting the urgent need for sustainable …

One of the major goals of tomorrow's agriculture is to increase agricultural productivity but
above all the quality of production while significantly reducing the use of inputs. Meeting this …

Vultures are nature's most successful scavengers, and they provide an array of ecological,
economic, and cultural services. As the only known obligate scavengers, vultures are …

Vultures (Accipitridae and Cathartidae) are the only known obligate scavengers. They feed
on rotting carcasses and are the most threatened avian functional group in the world …

Populations of the White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis, Indian Vulture G. indicus and
Slender-billed Vulture G. tenuirostris declined rapidly during the mid-1990s all over their …

Probably the most important threat currently affecting vultures worldwide is exposure to
pesticides, both accidentally and through deliberate abuse. This is of special concern since …

Between 1996 and 2000 the appearance of bovine spongiform encephalopathy swiftly
became one of the most serious public health and political crises concerning food safety …

Biodiversity losses are increasing as a consequence of negative anthropogenic effects on
ecosystem dynamics. However, the magnitude and complexity of these effects may still be …

Lead poisoning mortality, through the ingestion of spent shot, is long established in
waterfowl, and more recently in raptors and other avian taxa. Raptors (vultures, hawks …