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Chapter 1The need to assess the state of the world’s raptorsChristopher JW McClure
Chapter 2Evolution of diet defines raptorsChristopher JW McClure and Jeff A Johnson
Chapter 3Biopolitical regions for raptor conservationChristopher JW McClure, Munir Z Virani,
Andrew Dixon, and Evan R Buechley
Chapter 4Determining global and regional raptor conservation prioritiesChristopher JW McClure, Leah Dunn, Jeff A Johnson, Todd E Katzner, Rikki Gumbs, and Evan R Buechley
Chapter 5Raptor conservation in North AmericaChristopher JW McClure, Laurie J Goodrich, Dave Oleyar, Jean-François Therrien, Paul Juergens
Chapter 7Raptor conservation in Northern South AmericaF. Hernán Vargas, Renzo Piana, Santiago Zuluaga, F. Helena Aguiar-Silva, Diego Méndez, and Adrián Naveda-Rodríguez
Chapter 8Raptor conservation in Southern South AmericaUlises Balza, Melanie Duclos-Katunaric, Myriam C. Velázquez, Juan Manuel Grande
Chapter 9Raptor conservation in Northeast AfricaDarcy Ogada, Corinne Kendall, Ralph Buij, Bruktawit Adbu Mahamued, Micheal Kibuule, Martin Odino
Chapter 10Raptor conservation in West AfricaRalph Buij, Clément Daboné, Justus P. Deikumah, Joost Brouwer
Chapter 11Raptor conservation in Southern AfricaCorinne J Kendall, Megan Murgatroyd, Ara Monadjem, Russell Thorstrom, and Lily-Arison Rene de Roland
Chapter 12Raptor conservation in East and South AsiaTulsi R. Subedi, Prachi Mehta, Xu Shi
Chapter 13Raptor conservation in Southeast AsiaCamille B. Concepcion and Chong Leong Puan
Chapter 14Raptor conservation in IndonesiaZaini Rakhman, Tedi Setiadi, Asman Adi Purwanto, (Adam) A. Supriatna, Sitta Yusti Azizah
Chapter 17Raptor conservation in the Middle East and North AfricaMichael McGrady, Jose Rafael Garrido, Arya Shafaeipour, Lale Aktay-Sözüer, and Mohammed Shobrak
Chapter 18Raptor conservation in EuropeRalph Buij, Julien Terraube, Mátyás Prommer, Carina Nebel, Pascual López-López, Petra Sumasgutner
 Additional chapters will be released as they become available. 

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C.J.W. McClure, L. Dunn, J. A. Johnson, T. E. Katzner, R. Gumbs, and E. R. Buechley, editors. 2025. State of the World’s Raptors, The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, USA.

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