Another black vulture victim of wind turbine collision in Thrace On April 30, a black vulture flying in the Drosia Rhodope area crashed into a wind turbine of a four-turbine wind farm located in the «Filiouri Valley» Important Bird Area. The black vulture was located thanks to the satellite transmitter it carried on its back three days after […]
CategoriesESCVolunteer stories: My experience of volunteering in Thrace Sara Masó, volunteer European Solidarity Crops I started this volunteering with the aim of learning a lot about birds of prey, and that’s what happened, but I have also learned about many other topics. Dadia is the ideal place to immerse yourself in nature and the real Greece. […]
CategoriesPress releaseWind turbines in the Dadia Forest National Park: April Fool's joke or sad reality? Who would have imagined that after almost 20 years of efforts for the proper location of ASPIE in Thrace, there would be a request for the installation of 10 wind turbines in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park, specifically at the "Trikorfo" location at the southwestern edge of the National Park [...]
CategoriesESCVolunteer Stories: My «Family» and «Home» in Dadia Tiago Brandao, European Solidarity Crops Volunteer I had just landed at Alexandroupolis airport with a little over two hours of delay. I went straight to the bus stop. It was the last of the three flights I had on the way from my home country of Portugal to […]
Volunteer Stories: A Summer Turtle Rescue Expedition Tomás Correia, European Solidarity Corps Volunteer Being a wildlife enthusiast, during my volunteer program at EPBTH, I was involved in a study on land turtles. Why turtles? You can’t imagine my surprise when I encountered the first turtle in Dadia and […]
CategoriesbirdsThe small “backpack” on the back of birds that contributes to their protection Have you ever wondered where scientists get this information from when they record the movements of birds? Its source is a small device – a transmitter, which is very carefully placed with special ropes as a “backpack” on the back of birds. In order not to […]
CategoriesWind farms ThreatsCumulative impacts of wind farms: new study by the Hellenic National Institute of Biodiversity aims to provide answers to unanswered questions It is known that wind farms pose a potential risk of death for birds when they are in their flight paths. However, how significant is this risk in practice and what are the real impacts of wind farms for electricity production […]
CategoriesEventsYoung people from three countries highlight the importance of cross-border cooperation for environmental protection More than 40 young people from Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey met on Saturday, September 24, 2022 in Edirne, Turkey, as part of the «EUROPEAN GREEN BELT DAYS 2022», an initiative to […]
CategoriesThreatsThe threatening fire in the Dadia forest This year, the firestorm seriously damaged the Dadia - Lefkimi - Soufli National Forest Park as it affected a forest area of 45,412 acres, most of which was within Zone A. The fire burned the forest with varying intensity, leaving behind burnt or partially burnt forests. Specifically, based on satellite […]
CategoriesThreats Poisoned baits ΕducationEvros students say NO to poisoned baits “No to poisoned baits” is the title of the interactive game we played with the students of the primary schools of Evros as part of the information campaign that reached 534 students from 19 schools, from Anthia to Didymoteicho and Mega Derio. After presenting the children with online […]
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