Kamran Khan Yousafzai is a traditional falconer who has flown birds of prey since his childhood in Pakistan. He has been devoted to bird of prey conservation activities for the last 15 years and has extensive experience in unusual and innovative handling, breeding, training, falconry and researches on birds of prey. His recent activities include the addition of Pakistan to the states which have inscribed falconry as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and working with communities and the Pakistan government authorities on legislative measures to safeguard the living culture of falconry in the region.
Kamran is also a founder director of the Pakistan Falconry Association and works as executive director of the Raptor Centre for Conservation and Rehabilitation, Pakistan. Currently he serves as the Officer for South Asia and Board Member in the International Association for Falconry and Conservation Birds of Prey.
He is also an active member of the national committees of Pakistan Vulture Recovery at the Pakistan Ministry of Climate Change Pakistan. Kamran also helped bring about the signing of the tripartite MoU between the Pakistan Ministry of Climate Change, the International Association for Falconry and Conservation Birds of Prey, and the Raptor Centre for Conservation and Rehabilitation, aimed at maintaining a close working relationship between the parties for the development and implementation of projects to support conservation and sustainable development, as well as preserving bird of prey biodiversity in the region and promoting legal trade of falcons for use of falconry.