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.

• LIFE FALKON GOES TO THE LESSER KESTREL BALKAN EXPERT WORKSHOP

  30 September 2022

  
  From the 18th to the 21th September, LIKE FALKON participated in the Lesser Kestrel Balkan Expert Workshop in Bulgaria, organized by the Green Balkans in the framework of the project  LIFE for Lesser Kestrel – LIFE19 ...
  
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• PARLANO DI NOI: LIFE FALKON SULLA GAZZETTA DI MANTOVA

  22 August 2022

  
  Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. 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. Siamo lieti di ...
  
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• HACKING ACTIVITIES START AGAIN: NEW LESSER KESTREL CHICKS ON THE WAY

  28 July 2022

  
  A new start for the hacking activities of #LIFEFALKON. The 28th of June, the LIFE FALKON team composed by ISPRA, UMIL and CNR has translocated 33 lesser kestrels chicks from the colony of Matera (Southern Italy) to the ...
  
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• LIFE FALKON a Rete 4

  7 July 2022

  
  A renewed TV program, named ‘Dalla parte degli animali’ (On the animals side), presented to the Italian public the LIFE FALKON project and activities. The TV team followed us on the field, so we could show to the public our research activities, such as ...
  
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• CELEBRATING THE 30 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIFE PROGRAMME

  22 June 2022

  
  A beautiful day of information, birdwatching and exchange of ideas among people who share the same passion for our lesser kestrels! On the 21st May, ornithologists and birdwatchers from the Scanagatta Ornithological ...
  
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• STUDENTS DISCOVERING THE LESSER KESTREL

  14 June 2022

  
  In the previous months, LIFE FALKON team met with about 700 students from primary and secondary schools in the province of Modena, with the aim of introducing the protagonist of our project: the lesser kestrel! But not only theory: following the classroom ...
  
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• THE IMPORTANCE OF RAISING AWARENESS IN LIFE FALKON

  23 May 2022

  
  The future of the lesser kestrel stems also from the involvement of expert landowners, knowing the importance of protecting the species and the delicate equilibria between agricultural environment and bird ...
  
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• 2ND MONITORING VISITS IN GREECE

  14 May 2022

  
  From 10th to 13rd May 2022, Mrs. Simona Bacchereti (LIFE Project Adviser, European Commission – CINEA), Mrs. Chiara SPOTORNO (representative of the LIFE Programme Monitoring Team NEEMO – TIMESIS) and the LIFE FALKON team met in Ioannina (Greece), to ...
  
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• 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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