The overall objective of the project is to conserve the existing population of the imperial eagle in the Carpathian basin, to encourage range expansion and increased productivity through reducing mortality and the factors limiting expansion and productivity. In order to achieve this during the project we aim to: - collect exact information on the habitat requirements and feeding biology of the species, - secure the success of breeding attempts and decrease mortality by active conservation efforts, - coordinate and extend the monitoring of breeding- and wintering areas, - improve the knowledge of the species on the level of different stakeholder groups and the general public. During the project we will gain information that will help us to plan further efforts to be taken in favour of the imperial eagle especially with regard to the land use changes that are expected after Hungary’s EU accession.