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The international high-level jury announced the „Partnership to stop the poisoning of imperial eagles” project as the winner in the Conservation Award category from the listed 35 applications.
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Illegal activities pose a serious threat to biodiversity
On May 22, we celebrate the International Biodiversity Day proclaimed by the United Nations in order to increase understanding and awareness of the importance of biodiversity as one of the basic preconditions for sustainable economic and social development.
Eagle travellers from Eastern Slovakia surprise again
Zora and Štefania are young imperial eagles that fledged in 2017. They are tracked by ornithologists from Raptor Protection of Slovakia using GPS transmitters within a framework of the LIFE PannonEagle Project.  Both females prove to be surprising travelers.
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„LIFE & Wildlife Crime” publication has been released
Wildlife crime is a serious issue worldwide, negatively impacting several already threatened species. The European Commission also aims to prevent and tackle wildlife crime primarily within the European Union. Many LIFE projects – such as the PannonEagle LIFE – focus on mitigating illegal killing, poisoning, trapping and trade of species.
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CSO took part in the training of criminal police specialists
The director of the Czech Society for Ornithology Zdeněk Vermouzek, together with the Pannon Eagle Life dog handler Klára Hlubocká and the representative of the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, Arnošt Cetkovský, participated in the regular training of criminal police specialists.
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22 years and 24 offspring – one of the oldest known Eastern Imperial Eagles in Hungary died
On December 12th, 2017 MME/Birdlife received a report from a citizen regarding an Eastern Imperial Eagle run over by a car in the Mátraalja. A ranger from the Bükk National Park collected the body of the adult eagle. The bird was a female, weighing four kilograms and having a wingspan of two metres. MME’s experts took DNA samples and transferred her to the National Animal Health Institute.
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The 2017 field season in numbers
The Hungarian population was estimated to be around 230 pairs, which is a result of a steady increase in the past decades while being on the brink of extinction in the 1980s.
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Results of the 1st Pannonian Eagle Count
In Hungary already the 15th National Eagle Census was organized by MME/Birdlife Hungary in collaboration with the National Park Directorates and other NGOs in January, 2018.
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„Hans” and „Kurszán” return to the wild after successful rehabilitation
In the autumn and summer of 2017, three injured Imperial Eagles arrived at the Eagle Centre, of which two could be released back to nature after their successful recovery. They were also tagged with transmitters so that experts will be able to follow their movements.
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XV. National Eagle Census – 12-14. January, 2018.
BirdLife Hungary (MME) is organizing the 15th National Eagle Census in collaboration with national park directorates and other nature conservation NGOs. The census aims to monitor the wintering population of birds of prey species in Hungary.
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This webpage was developed by the partners of Pannoneagle LIFE Project (LIFE15/NAT/HU/000902) with the financial contribution of the European Union LIFE Program