Expected results:
- release of 30 to 50 Lanner falcons in five breeding seasons, either young individuals born at the recovery centre of Lake Vico or purchased from specialised breeding centres;
- installation of at least 50 GPS on animals that will be released with the technique of hacking, and the installation of 4 hacking boxes in the Lazio region;
- monitoring of Lanner falcon populations in Lazio and Malta, including at 7 historic nests in Lazio, and the training of 15 people to supervise monitoring;
- adjustment of existing structures and construction of new cages to realise a captive breeding centre at the Vico Reserve;
- restoration of 144 ha of natural and semi-natural grasslands, such as hunting areas for young Lanner falcons;
- restoration of 5 troughs for the pasture of cattle and horses for the maintenance of the prairies by grazing;
- securing approximately 200 poles along 20 km of medium/low voltage power lines within a radius of 2 km from the hacking boxes;
- reduction of vegetation on 8 rocky walls as possible future reproductive areas;
- creation of the national genetic database at IZS of Lazio and Toscana and development of new genetic markers, and update of International Gene Bank with these markers;
- creation of a recovery centre network for the study of Lanner and other falcons, involving 15 centres of recovery in central and southern Italy and in Malta;
- preparation of an identification manual for the Lanner falcon, guidelines, and evaluation forms for recovery centres;
- preparation and approval of the update to the National Action Plan for the Lanner falcon;
- replication of hacking and other techniques in the Montagne della Duchessa Reserve, Greece and in Malta; and
- 31 public events on the project, involving around 1790 people, and a national ornithological conference.
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