Dear supporters and cooperation partners of the LIFE EUROKITE project, Over the last two and a half years, we have worked together to reach the goals of the LIFE EUROKITE project. Now it is already halftime and we would like to come together with you. We would like to use this opportunity to have a scientific symposium and to have the annual Advisory Board meeting on the 5th October 2023. Please register for our event here. Thank you for your effort - we are looking forward to see you. Your LIFE EUROKITE team. == == == == === Agenda for the live stream: 08:40 – 09:00 Welcome 09:00 – 10:30 Presentation Block I – LIFE EUROKITE (moderation Andreas Gärtner) (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion & questions) 09:00 – 09:30 Interim Results LIFE EUROKITE Rainer Raab, Technical Manager LIFE EUROKITE 09:30 – 10:00 Breeding monitoring Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) Martin Kolbe, Rotmilanzentrum Museum Heineanum 10:00 – 10:30 Reinforcement of red kites in southwest Spain Alfonso Godino, AMUS 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 – 13:00 Presentation Block II – Conservation and persecution of raptor species (moderation Hannah Böing) (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion & questions) 11:00 – 11:30 Pathological research Oliver Krone, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research 11:30 – 12:00 Wildlife Crime in Germany Moritz Klose, WWF Deutschland 12:00 – 12:30 Raptor persecution Committee Against Bird Slaughter 12:30 – 13:00 Vulture conservation work & success Jovan Andevski, Vulture Conservation Foundation 13:00 – 14:00. Lunch 14:00 – 15:30 Presentation Block III – Publications (moderation Rainer Raab) (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion & questions) 14:00 – 14:30 Population dynamics of red kites Patrick Scherler, Swiss Ornithological Institute Sempach 14:30 – 15:00 Habitat modelling for red kites Moritz Mercker, Bionum GmbH 15:00 – 15:30 Red kite mortality in whole Europe (interim results) Rainer Raab, Technical Manager LIFE EUROKITE