• Recruitment of the project’s technical team
• Monitoring of breeding pairs in 2014: 13 breeding pairs
• Monitoring of breeding pairs in 2015: 13 breeding pairs
• Monitoring of breeding pairs in 2016: 15 breeding pairs
• Monitoring of breeding pairs in 2017: 15 breeding pairs
• Monitoring of breeding pairs in 2018: 17 breeding pairs
• Monitoring of breeding pairs in 2019: 17 breeding pairs
• Monitoring of breeding pairs in 2020: 24 breeding pairs
• Prospection of new territories
• Surveillance of threats in nests: 63 surveillance procedures (10 preventive surveillance and 53 reactive surveillance) including threats such as disturbance, heat waves and cainism:
- Surveillance carried out in 5 territories with 10 intense surveillance procedures (preventive surveillance)
- 4 individuals collected for evaluation and appropriate treatment in order to returning them to nature
- 2 individuals collected for necropsies and clarify the causes of death
• Gathering of information, conclusion of digital cartography of priority areas and production of management plans for each territory (9 management plans)
• Establishment of collaboration protocols with 13 Hunting Areas and/or properties owners
• Implementation of concrete management measures on the field:
- 17 rabbit fixation units implemented in the 4 SPAs
- Game compatibility in 10.380ha (13 hunting zones)
- Forest compatibility and grazing management in 1.902ha (5 properties)
• Collection and study of regurgitations for assessment the habitat quality based on diet
• Assessment of predator impacts on prey species
• Marking 18 individuals of Imperial Eagle, of which 16 chicks (in the breeding seasons of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017), one immature in the winter of 2015/2016 and one juvenile in 2016:
- Direct detection of 3 cases of mortality
- Confirmation of nesting in Seville (Spain) and in Portugal of birds born in Portugal
- Identification of 3 juveniles at risk
• Formation of seven dog teams for the detection of poison:
- More than 1400 field patrols
- Detection of two imperial eagle corpses suspected of poisoning, among more than 40 other occurrences detected by the dog teams
• Conclusion of the implementation of protective measures on electric power lines, with protection of 175 perches along 27.735m, using a mixed solution
• Monitoring of power lines in areas close to nests
• Placement of 7 nesting artificial platforms (4 were activated), maintenance of 4 platforms (2 were activated) and protection of 10 tree trunks as improvement measures of nesting conditions
• Implementation of 3 Supplementary Feeding Plans with pairs (2 with acceptance) and 4 supplementary emergency feedings with juveniles
• Four internal training actions and preparation of action protocols under the themes “Intervention in Iberian Imperial Eagle nests”, “Protocols for supplementary feeding of the Iberian Imperial Eagle”, “Release, reintroduction and integration in the wild of individuals of Iberian Imperial Eagle handled ex situ” and "Proceedings for threats detection"
• Training Course on investigation of illegal poison use in the wild, in Castro Verde
• Technical Workshop on the fight against poison use in the Iberian Peninsula, in Madrid, and dissemination of the conclusions of the workshop
• Course on Identification and Conservation of Birds of Prey in Portugal, with launch of a poster and preparation of the mini field guide for identification of birds of prey in Portugal
• Workshop "Treatment and Rehabilitation of Large Eagles" and edition of summary book
• Colloquium "Compatibilization of sustainable game management with the Iberian Imperial Eagle"
• Final Seminar “Raptors Conservation”, with edition of the abstract book
• Two working sessions with public prosecutors in partnership with the PGR
• Creation of the Project’s logo
• Launch and management of the website
• Launch and management of the Facebook page
• Participative sessions in Castro Verde SPA and in Tejo Internacional SPA
• Open Day in Castro Verde
• Photographer and touristic operator awareness-raising sessions and Nature photography discussion session
• Acquisition of illustrations and photographs
• Publication of Project leaflet, in Portuguese and English
• Publication of 2 posters presenting the Project
• Publication of an identification sheet about the plumages of Iberian Imperial Eagle
• Traveling exhibition production (4 roll ups)
• Stickers production (4 different versions)
• Pin and magnet production
• A4 cover production
• T-shirts for adult and children production
• Pen production
• Pen drive production
• Project’s newsletter: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions
• Launch of 14 press releases
• Edition and launch of a children’s story
• Dramatization of the children's story, with 12 sessions that reached 2237 students from the 4 SPAs
• Launch of an animated video and two spots: #1 Persecution and #2 Species conservation and Natura 2000 Network
• Production of the dissemination panel of the Project and its implementation in the 4 SPAs
• Production of 13 dissemination panels for concrete management actions
• Environmental education activities with schools of Castro Verde, Almodôvar, Mértola, Aljustrel, Amareleja and Barrancos with the children of kindergarten and the students of Basic, Secondary and Professional Education: 203 sessions with presentation to 3057 students from 171 classes and 27 educational establishments from the 4 project intervention SPAs. Actions were also carried out for students of higher Education from Beja, Évora and Lisbon
• Activities in Summer and Easter Camps (Free Time Activities) promoted by Castro Verde Municipality and APADIJ Association: 56 sessions for 1261 participants
• Bike-paper for raising awareness of the general public
• Two pedestrian walks with an illustrator
• Pedestrian walk with a photographer
• Flight Baptism (in paramotor)
• Publication of the Code of Conduct and mapping of areas where visitation (birdwatching and photography) becomes more harmless
• Publication of 10 articles in the Newspaper of Castro Verde Municipality “O Campaniço" and of 12 pages in the Castro Verde Cultural Agenda
• Launch of the "Protect the Imperial Eagle" Campaign
• Participation in 13 congresses and conferences with 32 scientific posters and oral communications
• Evaluation "Persecution factors of protected species and the risk for the Iberian Imperial Eagle in Portugal"
• Preparation and submission of initial report
• Preparation and submission of progress report
• Preparation and submission of midterm report
• Preparation and submission of progress and final reports of the different actions
• Preparation and submission of the final report about the Project socioeconomic impact monitoring
• Publication of the After-LIFE Conservation Plan
• Eleven partner meetings
• Four External Monitoring Team visits
• One European Commission visit
• Three Scientific Committee meetings
• Knowledge exchange with other projects (eg. LIFE Ciconia PL): contact with more than 13 different projects in more than 20 meetings, formal and informal, and participation in events organized by other projects
• Promotion of the Stewardship Network "Guardians of the Imperial Eagle", with 98 adherents
• Reception of more than 110 Imperial Eagle observations records through the online platform
(updated with results obtained until December 17th, 2020)
