Environmental conservation work in Greece


Latest news and publications


 
An adult lesser white-fronted goose named Mánnu was found dead at Lake Kerkini, south of the Greek-Bulgarian border, in an area where hunting is prohibited.

25 Apr 2008
Poaching is jeopardizing conservation efforts in Greece
An adult lesser white-fronted goose named Mánnu was found dead at Lake Kerkini, south of the Greek-Bulgarian border, in an area where hunting is prohibited. An autopsy confirmed a poacher killed the bird with a shotgun. » Read more

 
The Mediterranean's tuna fleet needs to shed a third of its vessels to fish within the law, and even more to save bluefin stocks according to scientific advice - but 25 new boats are currently under construction

12 Mar 2008
Bloated Mediterranean tuna fleet in race for the last bluefin
Rome, Italy – The most comprehensive analysis yet of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet shows it conservatively having twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three and a half times the catch levels recommended by scientists to avoid stock collapse. » Read more

 
Severely degraded mangroves due to rising sea levels and clearing for commercial shrimp and salt farms, Thailand. These factors have contributed greatly to the destruction of large tracts of coastal mangroves in the country.

05 Mar 2008
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action. 

The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems. » Read more

New or updated projects

Modified: May 2007 - Started: Jan 2006

Renewable Energy Technologies in Rural Insular Areas

Communities in insular and ecologically sensitive areas face many challenges, especially related to continuously increasing energy demand that the cur... » Read more
 
Modified: May 2007 - Started: Dec 2005

Monk Seals and Fisheries

WWF Greece is participating in the Monk Seal and Fisheries (MOFI) project, a European Union (EU) LIFE-Nature co-funded project, the coordinator of whi... » Read more
 
Modified: Apr 2007 - Started: Jan 2007

Public Participation in the National Reserve of Parnitha

Among the largest mammal species, the red deer (Cervus elaphus) population of the Parnitha reserve is one of the few in the country and, by far, the ... » Read more

Contact

Theodota Nantsou
(Conservation Policy Coordinator)
WWF Greece,
Athens

T: +30 210 331 4893
 
George Vellidis
(Head of Communications)
WWF Greece,
Athens

T: +3021033314893

Website

Offices

WWF Greece,
Athens
26 Filellinon Street 105 58 Athens
Greece

T: +30 210 331 4893
F: +30 210 324 7578

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