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LIFE project for the Seabirds of Greece
The LIFE Project «Concrete conservation actions for the Mediterranean Shag and Audouin’s Gull in Greece, including the inventory of relevant marine IBAs» is implemented by the Hellenic Ornithological Society in collaboration with ΜΟm, HCMR, TEI of Ionian Islands and SPEA in 17 Greek SPA sites during 2009-2012.
The main goal of the project is the improvement of the Mediterranean Shag's and Audouin's Gull conservation status in Greece, by implementing concrete conservation actions in 17 Greek SPA sites, according to the prescriptions and priorities identified by the International Action Plans for the two species
The Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii) and the Mediterranean Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii).
List of project publication material in a downloadable format
The project is implemented by the Hellenic Ornithological Society, in collaboration with the Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal (ΜΟm), the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), the Technological Institution (TEI) of Ionian Islands and the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA), with the financial support of the European Commission and the co-financing of the A.G. Leventis Foundation.
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August 2, 2011
The Hellenic Ornithological Society and Attica Group collaborate for seabirds
The Hellenic Ornithological Society and Attica Group have joined forces for the protection of seabirds in the Greek seas.
July 19, 2011
As in previous years, during the summer 2011, the LIFE Project's mobile exhibition for seabirds will embark on a journey to the islands of the North Aegean.
July 20, 2010
During this last spring, within the LIFE project framework (2009-2012), HOS fieldwork teams completed the second national Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii) population census. This second census, which has covered 90% of the national population, takes place 10 years after the first census, then completed within the framework of another LIFE project entirely targeted on the species.
June 14, 2010
This year was not a good one in the Northern Aegean Sea neither for the Mediterranean Shag, nor for the fishermen. An algal bloom, which started at the end of 2009, now, at the end of May, it has still not completed its biological cycle, leaving several marine areas in the region still covered with its remains...
May 13, 2010
In an effort to demonstrate the importance of the Aegean Sea for birds, irrelevant of national border lines, the two BirdLife partners in Greece and Turkey, the Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS) and Doğa Derneği (DD), have decided to join forces and carry out a common project for the regular monitoring of the Yelkouan Shearwaters, along the species migratory route.
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LIFE07 NAT/GR/000285
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The project is implemented by the Hellenic Ornithological Society, in collaboration with the Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal (ΜΟm), the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), the Technological Institution (TEI) of Ionian Islands and the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA), with the financial support of the European Commission and the co-financing of the A.G. Leventis Foundation.
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Last update: January 31, 2012
Last update: January 31, 2012
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