The breeding range of the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) in the central-eastern Mediterranean area is shifting northwards due to climate change. LIFE FALKON is fostering resilience by improving the conservation status of the population at the north-eastern edge of its breeding range in Italy and Greece. The project will provide increased nesting opportunities, including nest boxes and towers, promote favourable rural development and building renovation practices, and establish a network of conservationists focused on populations crucial for the species’ northward breeding expansion.

• Kicking off schools’ activities in Italy!

  14 April 2022

  
  One of the main objectives of any LIFE FALKON project is to increase the nature conservation awareness of the people living in the project areas. Between April and May 2022, the project partner Consiglio Nazionale delle ...
  
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• The Schools of Komotini welcomed the Lesser kestrels

  29 March 2022

  
  During the 3rd week of March, the HOS/BirdLife Greece visited the Komotini region, the exact same period that the winged immigrants arrive in the villages of the Greek countryside from Africa. During the visits, the ...
  
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• Join LIFE FALKON this March 30-31, 2022 at the The Nature Of Cities Festival!

  16 March 2022

  
  The LIFE FALKON is pleased to announce the participation at the The Nature Of Cities Festival, an international virtual festival that spans 3 days with programming gathering a huge variety of high level stakeholders ...
  
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• Incontro online “Tra trekking faunistici, progetti LIFE e museo”: ISPRA presenta LIFE FALKON

  24 February 2022

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• Climate change and conservation of the Lesser Kestrel: LIFE FALKON host of Birdlife France

  17 January 2022

  
  How is climate change affecting the lesser kestrel breeding range? What can we do to counteract these negative effects? The conservation of the Lesser Kestrel is a matter of great ...
  
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• Promote sustainable agricolture with the LIFE FALKON beer!

  22 November 2021

  
  We are pleased to announce to you the Lesser Kestrel Beer born from the cooperation between the LIFE FALKON project and the Milvus Brewery. The Lesser Kestrel is a straw-yellow coloured beer, highly-fermented, fruity ...
  
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• LIFE FALKON opens the towers of Poggio Rusco and Mirandola!

  26 October 2021

  
  The 22 and 23 October have been important dates for the LIFE FALKON project, which officially opened three out of the five nesting towers of the Po Valley project areas. The buildings were completed the past spring but ...
  
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• LIFE FALKON in Poggio Rusco (MN) held a the conference “Nature Conservation and Climate Change: The case of the lesser kestrel”

  25 October 2021

  
  On the evening of October 22 in Poggio Rusco was held the conference “Nature Conservation and Climate Change: The case of the lesser ...
  
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• The disastrous effects of heat waves on lesser kestrels in Matera

  21 October 2021

  
  According to several climate scenarios, the average temperature in the Mediterranean will irreversibly increase by at least 1.5°C in the coming years. Furthermore, the frequency and intensity of summer heat waves will ...
  
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• LIFE FALKON presents the results of field research campaigns at the CNR in Milan

  5 October 2021

  
  On October 1st, the results dissemination event entitled “The research on the lesser kestrel in the Po Valley: the results of the campaigns LIFE FALKON 2018-2021” was ...
  
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