The Egyptian Vulture Project Team was initiated and led by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds / BirdLife Bulgaria with the specific goal to prevent the extinction of Egyptian Vultures on the Balkan Peninsula. The team included 23 partner organisations in 14 countries across 3 continents, and was funded by the European Union (LIFE projects “The Return of the Neophron” LIFE10 NAT/BG/000152 and  “Egyptian Vulture New LIFE” LIFE16 NAT/BG/000874, www.LifeNeophron.eu) and co-funded by the A. G. Leventis Foundation, MAVA Foundation, and the BirdLife GEF/UNDP Migratory Soaring Birds project.

The project team that carried out the work reported above included Stoyan Nikolov, Vladimir Dobrev, Volen Arkumarev, Victoria Saravia-Mullin, Steffen Oppel, Kristi Bashmili, Taulant Bino, Anastasios Bounas, Dobromir Dobrev, Klea Duro, Eleftherios Kapsalis, Elzbieta Kret, Marie-Pia Marchant, Slave Nakev, Nenad Petrovski, Haritakis Papaioannou, Georgi Popgeorgiev, Ledi Selgjekaj, Theodora Skartsi, Anton Stamenov, Stoycho Stoychev, Mirjan Topi, Dimitrios Vavylis, Metodija Velevski, Zydjon Vorpsi, Jenny Weston, Erald Xeka, Xhemal Xherri, Emil Yordanov, Samuel Bakari, Solomon Adefolu, Lale Aktay Sözüer, Paul T. Apeverga, Şafak Arslan, Yahkat Barshep, Turan Çetin, Maher Dayyoub, Laith El-Moghrabi, Hana ElSafoury, Ahmed Endris, Nabegh Ghazal Asswad, Junior H. Harry, Sam T. Ivande, Sharif Jbour, Bruktawit A. Mahamued, Shiiwua A. Manu, Solomon Mengistu, Abdoul R. Moussa Zabeirou, Sulaiman I. Muhammad, Slave Nakev, Alex Ngari, Joseph Onoja, Maher Osta, Serdar Özuslu, Cloé Pourchier, Tareq Qaneer, Alazar Ruffo, Mohammed Shobrak, Panagiotis Kordopatis, Theodora Skartsi, Özgün Sözüer, Million Tesfaye, Mengistu Wondafrash, Can Yeniyurt, Emil Yordanov, Khaled Noby, Haitham Mossad, Sherif Baha El Din, Nouran Elbolkiny, Tariq Abdalla, Ben Jobson, Alexis Chardin, William Hayward, Salisha Chandra, Lubomir Peske, Clementine Bougain, Mekonnen Kassa, Samson Zelleke, Behailu Abraham, Nora Juhar, Amin Seid, Ivaylo Angelov, Tzvetomira Angelova, Nikolai Terziev, Sanie Mumun, Vanya Angelova, Yanina Klimentova-Nikolova, Ivayla Klimentova, Sylvia Dyulgerova, Emil Yordanov, Polina Hristova, Atanas Delchev, Hristo Hristov, Georgi Georgiev, Dimitar Nedelchev, Krasimir Manev, Medzhnun Ademov, Mitko Angelov, Svetoslav Cvetanov, Pencho Penchev, Jivko Barzov, Ivailo Ivanov, Marin Kurtev, Albena Kurteva, Kralju Kralev, Rusko Petrov, Yordanka Vasileva, Dimitar Slavov, Stefka Dimitrova, Andreana Dicheva, Giannis Chondros, Giorgos Greousiotis, Lavrentis Sidiropoulos, Ali Abtourachman, Theodoris Christodoulou, Konstantinos Christodoulou, Paschalis Seitanis, Katerina Demiri, Vasilis Papavasiliou, Nikos Maroukas, and many volunteers in Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt and Turkey.

Steffen Oppel is a conservation scientist who worked for the RSPB and was responsible for designing and managing the data collection under the project, as well as analysing the data and disseminating the results. He recently moved to the Swiss Ornithological Institute where he now studies the dispersal and survival of Red Kites and Little Owls.