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COLLECTIVE ACTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF THE EU SEA TURTLE POPULATIONS (LIFE EUROTURTLES)
Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,
Background
The project focuses on areas that are pivotal for the conservation of the two sea turtle species occurring in the EU and listed as priority species in Annex II of the Habitats Directive, the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). In the EU, the loggerhead turtle has major nesting sites in Greece and Cyprus, a ...
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Conservation of Black and Griffon vultures in the cross-border Rhodopes mountains (LIFE RE-Vultures)
Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2021,
Background
European black vultures (Aegypius monachus)and griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) are considered as umbrella species whose conservation will also substantially benefit other raptor species sharing the main diet of carrion as well as breeding and foraging habitats. These species are also an indicator of healthy, intact, natural habitats. The conserv ...
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Monk seal & fisheries: Mitigating the conflict in Greek seas (MOFI)
Start date: Jul 1, 2005, End date: Jun 30, 2009,
Background
The Monk seal (Monachus monachus) is one of the six most threatened mammals in the world. In 1993, the Greek population was estimated at 200-250 individuals. This is the largest global population and it represents 90% of the European population. In Greece, 15 years of efforts to conserve the monk seal have led to the establishment of a strictly ...
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Conservation of birds of prey in the Dadia Forest Reserve, Greece (Dadia)
Start date: Jan 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2005,
...ffon vulture and the Egyptian vulture. Dadia hosts the last breeding colony of the black vulture in the Balkans.
The site was made a protected area in 1979 and became a Nature Reserve in 1981. WWF Greece established a permanent local unit to implement activities for the scientific monitoring and conservation management of the area in 1992. These efforts helped increase the black vulture popula ...
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