Nests in the forest, made with love After the devastating fire of 2023 in the forests of Evros, supporting animals until nature returns and offers them a home and food again is important. Some species will benefit from the immediate regeneration of nature without support, such as hares, roe deer, woodpeckers and others, […]
CategoriesPress release TOP NEWS Environmental legislationWorld Water Day: 15 Environmental Organizations Call for Water Management Under Public Control Photo: Grigoris Azoridis On the occasion of World Water Day on March 22, the undersigned environmental organizations express our complete opposition to the abolition of Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Enterprises (MWSEs) and the promotion of Public-Private Partnerships […]
CategoriesWind farms Birds of prey The Egyptian vulture Vultures Press release Evros Thrace Cinereous vulture TOP NEWS Griffon vulture Environmental licensing Rhodope Cumulative impactWind farms in Thrace – Griffon vulture 1-1: One victory and one (temporary) defeat for the Griffon vulture, the most endangered vulture in Europe! Two diametrically opposed decisions were recently issued for wind farms (ASPIE) in Evros and Rodopi. On February 27, the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia Thrace rejected a wind farm that was planned near nests […]
CategoriesWind farms Birds of prey Vultures Evros Thrace Cinereous vulture TOP NEWS Bats Griffon vulture Environmental licensing Rhodope Cumulative impactThe recorded birds and bats, "victims" of the wind turbines of Thrace: For the first time gathered in a database! Since 2008, when the first systematic survey by WWF Greece for dead birds and bats was carried out at the Wind Power Plants (WPPs) of Evros and Rodopi (it lasted two years), up to 2023, […]
19 Environmental Organizations ask the Greek Government not to consent to a change in the protection status of the wolf in Europe We, the 19 co-signatory Environmental Organizations, express our full opposition to the proposal announced today by the European Commission to reduce the protective status of the wolf in the Bern Convention and we call on the Greek government to […]
CategoriesAmphibians Birds of prey Vultures Evros Reptiles Mammals Thrace Cinereous vulture TOP NEWS birds FloraResearch to capture the impacts of the 2023 fire on the fauna of the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Forest Park. © EPBTH/SPBT This summer (August-September) we found ourselves witnessing and experiencing up close the devastating Evros fire, which, burning uncontrollably for 17 days, took on terrifying proportions, leaving behind 935,608.4 (according to […]
CategoriesWind farms Threats Evros Thrace TOP NEWS Bats Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Rhodope Cumulative impactDid you know that bats are also victims of wind turbines when they are not properly sited? © Panagiotis Georgiakakis Bats are the second largest group of mammals with more than 1400 species on earth and play an important role in the functioning of ecosystems as insect predators or plant pollinators or seed dispersers. All species in Europe are Strictly […]
CategoriesWind farms Birds of prey Vultures Press release Evros Thrace Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Rhodope Cumulative impactJoint statement by nine environmental organizations: Still no protection measures for the burned ecosystems in Evros! Three months have passed since the devastating fire that burned approximately 950,000 acres in Evros and the Rhodope Mountains, with incalculable consequences for protected birds and natural ecosystems, but the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has still not issued any decision on the necessary […]
CategoriesWind farms Birds of prey Vultures Press release Evros Thrace Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Rhodope Cumulative impactJoint statement by nine environmental organizations: Taking immediate measures for ASPIE in Evros and Rhodope with the aim of protecting birds and ecosystems After the devastating fire in Evros and Rhodope, with incalculable consequences for protected birds and natural ecosystems, in a joint letter to the Minister of Environment and Energy, nine organizations […]
CategoriesWind farms The Egyptian vulture Vultures Press release Griffon vulture Environmental licensing RhodopeNew Wind Farms in Rhodope Mountains Threaten Vultures and Other Protected Birds On July 25, the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia-Thrace approved the construction and operation of three Wind Farms for the Production of Electricity (ASPHE) in the Kompsatos Valley, a critical habitat for important and sensitive protected birds such as the Egyptian Vulture, the Black Vulture, the Vulture, the White-tailed Eagle […]
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