Recent scientific research warns: Thrace is at risk of losing two emblematic species, the Black Vulture and the Griffon Vulture, which may disappear as wind turbines increase. Recent research by the University of Ioannina in collaboration with the Thrace Biodiversity Protection Society warns that the installation of wind farms in Thrace may have serious consequences for the survival of […]

Anniversary plantings… of wind turbines in the critical habitats of the Black Vulture! Decentralized Administration and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry continue the destructive policy in Thrace! Joint Press Release of the Hellenic Ornithological Society & the Society for the Protection of Biodiversity of Thrace: Not even a year has passed since the huge destructive fire in Evros, which resulted in the almost complete loss of the most important habitat of the Black Vulture in […]

Wind 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 […]