Statement by 20 Environmental Organizations – December 4, 2024 Nature is under attack: Wolf protection downgraded in the Bern Convention Yesterday, December 3, 2024, the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted in favor of downgrading the wolf’s protective status, a decision that has been heavily criticized by wildlife conservation experts […]
CategoriesWind farms Threats Press release Evros Thrace Environmental licensing Environmental legislation RhodopeThe Minister is unreasonably delaying protecting the fire-stricken areas in Evros and Rhodope from new wind farms! The Minister of Environment and Energy now has the scientific data available to take measures for the protection and restoration of the burned natural ecosystems of Evros and Rhodope. Joint statement by nine environmental organizations For more than […]
CategoriesBirds of prey The Egyptian vulture Vultures Press release Poisoned baits Evros Mammals Thrace Cinereous vulture TOP NEWS Griffon vulture Environmental legislation SeminarsTraining of Services & Bodies of Evros Prefecture in the Management of Incidents of Illegal Use of Poisoned Baits Joint Press Release of the Hellenic ORNITHOLOGY Society & the Thrace Biodiversity Protection Society. An educational seminar on the management of incidents of illegal use and dispersion in nature of poisoned baits was held in Dadia on Thursday, May 16, 2024. The seminar was organized by the Hellenic ORNITHOLOGY Society […]
CategoriesBirds of prey Press release Poisoned baits Evros Mammals Thrace TOP NEWS Environmental legislationMass poisoning of protected species: a new environmental crime in Evros A very serious incident has been added to the long list of incidents of illegal use of poisoned baits that kill an incalculable number of animals every year in the Greek countryside, this time with a record number of poisoned animals. In this case, and for the umpteenth time, faced with the illegal […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Birds of prey Vultures Press release Events Thrace Cinereous vulture TOP NEWS Griffon vulture Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Cumulative impact FloraWhat should worry us more? The impacts on nature of each wind farm individually or all of them together, current and future? For the first time in Greece, the cumulative impacts of the Thrace wind farms on species and habitats were assessed through a program implemented by the Thrace Biodiversity Protection Society (EPBTH). An important resource is added to the quiver of those involved […]
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