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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.
The Project
Latest News
NHK japanese television shooting LIFE FALKON in Mantua
29 April 2019
Poggio Rusco (Province of Mantua), 28th Avril 2019 NHK (National Japanese Television) shooted the installation of nestboxes for the lesser kestrel within the framework of LIFE FALKON project activities and interviewed ...
Read more >EASME Evaluation LIFE Falkon 1st Monitoring visit
12 April 2019
Very positive evaluation by EASME on the 1st Monitoring Visit held in Rome on the 12th of February 2019! The first surveys and GIS analyses carried out on the project areas which already evidenced potential suitable ...
Read more >Fields surveys Po Plain – March 2019
24 March 2019
LIFE FALKON staff realized a first rush of filed survey in the Po Plain project area (Project area 1) in the last days of March. Surprisingly, we found that some of the Lesser Kestrel (estimated in ~30% of the total population) were already back to their ...
Read more >LIFE FALKON conference at the SOM (Stazione Ornitologica Modenese)
24 March 2019
The spring appointment of the bi-annual scientific conference of the SOM (Stazione Ornitologica Modenese) was dedicated to the LIFE FALKON project. We extensively presented the lesser kestrel biology, population status ...
Read more >First batch of nest boxes installed in Baricella (BO), Italy
15 February 2019
LIFE FALKON has provided safe nesting sites for 15 pairs of Lesser Kestrel in Baricella (BO), where one of the most important colonies of the entire Po-Plain was threatened by the restoration of the building in which ...
Read more >Meeting with municipalities and land owners about the construction of nesting towers
14 February 2019
The 14th of February, ISPRA and UMIL meet up with the technical offices of the municipalities of Mirandola in Emilia-Romagna and Poggio Rusco in Lombardia (both located within the ...
Read more >LIFE FALKON – 1st Monitoring Visit
12 February 2019
On 12th February 2019, Mrs. Chiara SPOTORNO, representative of the LIFE Programme Monitoring Team NEEMO – TIMESIS, met in Rome #LIFEFALKON to assess the project progress. The technical and administrative ...
Read more >Be aware of the demolition consequences for the Lesser Kestrel in the Po Plain
14 January 2019
On 14 October 2018, UMIL (LIFE FALKON partner) visited the study areas located in the municipalities of Poggio Rusco (Mantova) and Mirandola (Modena) and surprisingly discovered that some of the buildings which hosted ...
Read more >New nest boxes for the Lesser Kestrel of Baricella (BO)
16 December 2018
The lesser kestrel colony sited in the municipality of Baricella (Bologna) is one of the largest of the entire Po Plain, hosting up to 8-12 pairs in 2018. The most of these pairs breed in the roof of a small abandoned ...
Read more >LIFE17 Kick-off meeting NATURE in Brussels – 8-9/11/2018
8 November 2018
The LIFE FALKON Project has attended the Kick-Off Meeting for NAT and GIE LIFE17 projects on 8 and 9 November 2018 in Brussels. The aim of the meeting, organized by the European Commission, Executive Agency for Small ...
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Upcoming Events
24 March 2019
LIFE FALKON presentation to local citizens
Stazione Ornitologia Modenese (SOM) - Via Montirone, Mirandola, (Modena, Italy)
14 February 2019
Technical meeting – Municipality of Mirandola (MO)
Mirandola (MO)
12 February 2019
LIFE FALKON – First Monitoring Visit
Rome
12 October 2018
LIFE FALKON Project kick off meeting
Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bologna)
8 November 2018
LIFE17 Kick-off meeting NATURE in Brussels
Brussels
