In 2019, the LIFE LANNER project secured the patronage of LIPU (BirdLife partner in Italy) because of their common strategic guidelines.For this reason, LIPU declared its wish to collaborate for the success of our project, especially in promoting the outcomes among its contacts, providing information and opinions, as well as encouraging networking between LIFE LANNER […]
Yesterday we were on the front page of the Viterbo edition of Il Messaggero. Below you can find the whole news story in italian. The article mentions how the Italian population represents 85% of the European one, and illustrates the stark decline in breeding couples we’ve seen in the past 20 years. In this sad […]
A couple of weeks ago we showed you our new aviaries, ready to become home to our lanner falcons. On December 20 we relocated two of our lanner couples to the new structures: Ulisse and Penelope in one, Tempesta and Atlante in the other. Gea and Uragano, instead, were moved back to their old aviary. […]
Some important news about our progress. We are proudly ahead of schedule in the realization of two new aviaries that will be home to two new couples of lanner falcons. The aviaries are identical to those already present at Lake Vico Nature Reserve, where a couple laid their first eggs earlier this year, except wider. […]
On November 17th we presented the LIFE Lanner project to EASME, the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, officially making ourselves known at an international level. We were invited to introduce our project, developments and goals in a nutshell. We participated together with a variety of LIFE grant beneficiaries who started their projects in […]
We are happy to announce a new co-financer for the LIFE Lanner project. Thanks to the efforts of our colleague Arturo Palomba, finance manager and project administrator of BirdLife Malta, the Maltese Ministry for Education and Employment (MEDE) has added a contribution to the project summing up to 14% of the partner’s budget.
On Thursday 29 October a partners’ meeting took place at the Urbeveteris Falconis falcon farm in Orvieto, central Italy. Our project managers, Dr. Stefano Picchi and Dr. Giuseppe Puddu, attended together with Dr. Giampiero Tirone (manager of the wildlife rescue centre at the Lake Vico Natural Reserve). Dr. Marco Martini, veterinarian who specializes in birds […]
On September 24 we will host the first LIFE Lanner conference. You will get an overview of the project status, the actions that are underway and our next steps. We will be proud to show our commitment to the conservation of the Italian population of this delicate species. All project partners will participate and give […]
Our first LIFE Lanner project update is about the physiological condition of the lanner falcons in our aviaries at the wildlife rescue centre “CRAS Lago di Vico”. On July 24, endoscopies were carried out on our six captive individuals by doctor Marco Martini of the veterinary hospital S. Carlo di Spesiano (TV), a specialist in […]
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