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CategoriesThreats Press release Mammals TOP NEWS Environmental legislation

The co-signatory 19 Environmental Organizations express our complete opposition to the proposal announced today by the European Commission to degrade the wolf's protection status under the Bern Convention and we call on the Greek government to proceed to its rejection during the Council of Environment Ministers that will be held.

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 Flora

Impact study of the 2023 wildfire on the fauna of Dadia – Lefkimi – Soufli National Forest Park.

Research 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 impact

Did you know that bats are also victims of wind turbines when they are not properly sited?

Did 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 Events Thrace Cinereous vulture TOP NEWS Griffon vulture Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Cumulative impact Flora

What should we be most concerned about? The environmental impacts of each wind turbine separately or all together, current and future?

What 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 […]

CategoriesWind farms Evros Events Thrace TOP NEWS Xanthi Environmental licensing Environmental legislation Rhodope Seminars Cumulative impact

Seminars on the legal framework regarding the environmental licensing of wind farms in Alexandroupoli, Komotini and Xanthi

Seminars on the legal framework for the environmental permitting of ASPIE in Alexandroupolis, Komotini and Xanthi Both EU and national legislation provide for specific procedures for the assessment of the impacts (including cumulative) of ASPIE* projects in the context of environmental permitting in order to ensure that the climate objectives for clean energy will be achieved […]

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