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.

• Meeting with Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium

  15 December 2023

  
  On 15th December, LIFE FALKON ‘flew’ to Reggio Emilia, to the headquarters of the worldwide known Consortium of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. The Consortium unites over 2,000 farmers in the Po Valley and ...
  
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• LIFE FALKON After Life Plan

  1 December 2023

  
  And what happens afterwards?  This is the question that is intended to be answered by the ambitious document called After LIFE Plan, an action plan to support the objectives of the LIFE FALKON project in the five years following the formal closure of the ...
  
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• The LIFE FALKON Handbook for transferability and replicability is online!

  30 November 2023

  
  In recent months, the LIFE FALKON team has been busy drafting the “Handbook for transferability and replicability”.   This is a very important document, which contains valuable information for the ...
  
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• Third monitoring visit to the Po Plain

  15 November 2023

  
  On 14 and 15 November 2023, Sara Luchetti from the European Commission monitoring team, met with the LIFE FALKON team for the last assessment of the project progresses, before its closure at the end of the year. The theatre of the visit was the ISPRA ...
  
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• Workshop Agricoltori – Mirandola 9 Nov 2023

  26 October 2023

  Sorry, this entry is only available in Italiano. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Tra agricoltura e ...
  
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• LIFE FALKON Closing Conference

  14 October 2023

  
  From the 12th to the 14th October, the final conference of the LIFE FALKON project took place on the island of Lemnos, Greece! These have been exciting days, which saw more than 30 presentations by experts from all over Europe, moments of conviviality, and, ...
  
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• THE LIFE FALKON NESTBOXES: year by year more lesser kestrel in the safe

  30 September 2023

  
  At the end of the 2023 season we can announce it: lesser kestrels like the LIFE FALKON nest boxes more and more every year! We are now in the third year from the installation of the nest boxes in northern Italy and ...
  
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• MIGRATION MAPS OF 2023

  20 September 2023

  
  As every year, in 2023 the LIFE FALKON team downloaded new migration tracks of adult Lesser Kestrels from different study areas of the project. Here is a glimpse of them in this beautiful map: the different individuals are indicated with a different colour ...
  
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• LIFE FALKON at the 21st Italian Ornithology Conference

  9 September 2023

  
  From 5 to 9 September 2023, the 21st Italian Ornithology Conference was held at the University of Insubria in Varese. The LIFE FALKON project was among the protagonists of the event, with eight oral contributions and ...
  
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• European Ornithologists Union Conference 2023

  31 August 2023

  
  On the 21st of August the LIFE FALKON team headed to Sweden for the 14th European Ornithologists Union – EOU Conference.  The venue of the conference was the prestigious Biology Department of Lund University, ...
  
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