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The project team participated in the meeting successfully held by the Management Body of Cyclades on Andros Island on the 21th of October. Its thematic was "Acquaintance with the Natura 2000 Areas: Sustainable Management, Challenges, Sustainable Solutions". In the workshop, the biodiversity of the Natura 2000 protected sites of the island was introduced, I.Nikolaou (Municipality of Andros) and T.Dimalexis (NCC) presented the LIFE projects implemented on Andros, while P.Dendrinos (MOm), presented information on the Mediterranean monk seals that the island hosts. The work carried out by the Management Body and its actions were presented. Furthermore, the participants were briefed on the procedure for the conduction of the Special Environmental Studies for the Natura 2000 sites of the island and the consultation to be carried out was made by the study…

We were delighted to read the thank you letter from the Arni Cultural Association for the removal of debris from the Vori stream carried out by the LIFE project! The fact that the removal took place in good time led to the prevention of floods during the recent bad weather and to the protection of both, the wetland and the residents’ properties. If the intervention had not been carried out on time, it is estimated that the damage from the heavy rainfall would have been great and corresponding to those in the neighboring areas (Achla, Bourkoti, Apoikia, Ateni), as well as to the damage caused at Vori in 2012 that lead to the destruction of part of the riparian alder forest.

LIFE Andros Park participated in the 2nd Andros on Foot Festival. On October 15, Dr. Elias Polemis (Agricultural University of Athens) accompanied the hikers on the Apikia-Pithara waterfall-Katakalei-Vourkoti route, guiding them to the plant and mushroom world along the route. The occasion for the participation was the crossing of an area with alder clusters, a habitat for which the project implements conservation actions on the island. On October 16, the festival’s day started with a visit to the Agadaki estate at Apikia, where Dr. Panagiotis Trigas (Agricultural University of Athens) guided the participants to the project's Botanic Garden, as well as the project’s alder nursery, while the tower (traditional mansion) and the estate were presented by Mrs Eirini Dabasi of the Kaireios Library. October 5, 2019 We followed the path…

The project participates in a meeting organized by the Management Body of Cyclades Protected Areas on: "Getting to know the Andros’ Natura 2000 sites: Sustainable Management, Challenges, Sustainable Solutions". The meeting will take place on Monday, October 21 2019, from 18:00 to 21:00 in the Municipal Council Hall of Andros. In the meeting the management body, its activities, the importance of the protected areas of the island, the problems they face will be presented, while solutions will be sought in collaboration with local authorities, production and scientific bodies and local and national organizations that are active on the island of Andros. The conference schedule is available here (in Greek). The meeting is being held in the context of the Green Fund's "Financial support of outreaching activities 2019" program. [envira-gallery id="1045"]

More than 8,000 alder seedlings, germinated and developed at the Agricultural University of Athens, were transported and are now at Agadaki Estate (Apoikia Village) of Kaireios Library, where they will remain until the end of the year, in order to further grow and to get accustomed to the island's conditions. They will then be used for the restoration of the alder forests at Vori and Lefka. The transplantation work at the Agadaki estate was carried out under the supervision of the Agricultural University of Athens and the Kaireios Library, in collaboration with the local team of the project by the Municipality of Andros. [envira-gallery id="1022"]

The Kaireios Library presents the exhibition by Yianna Andreadis with paintings and drawings inspired by the landscapes and phrygana of Andros Island. The visual performance of nature's energy is an issue that Yianna Andreadis explores in her work, during her artistic career, in connection with her travel experiences. The African savannah, the Namibian desert, the legendary for painting Mont Sainte Victoire in France, the ocean in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific or the Aegean Seas are some of her painting stations. She has been visiting Andros for fifteen years and had as her base Korthi, and the summer dry landscape of the island is what inspires her. The shades of yellow ocher, the special dry stones, the richness of the bare landscape. The blacksmiths, the greek spinh spurge, the Jerusalem…

The local project team participated in the beach cleanings that took place on Thursday, 6 July, on Andros Island in the framework of the campaign “Blue Flag Mediterranean Clean-up Week” by the Municipality of Andros, the Andros Port Authority, the Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Andros, the Andros and Korthi Yacht Clubs, the Women's Association of Korthi, the LIFE Andros Park project and the Batsi Voluntary Cultural Group. The team participated in the beach cleaning that took place in Batsi. On the same day cleanings took place at the beaches of Chora and Korthi. One of the objectives of the project is the removal of plastic waste from the natural environment of the marine protected species that the island hosts, thus its members participate and assist every relevant effort that…

Due to its proximity to Gyaros Island, home to one of the largest Mediterranean monk seal subpopulations in the Mediterranean Sea, the island of Andros has a great potential to be an important area for the conservation of the Mediterranean monk seal in Greece. Within the framework of the project LIFE Andros Park efforts were initiated to accurately evaluate the status of the Mediterranean monk seal at the island of Andros. This thematic newsletter includes interesting information about the findings of researchers concerning seals, where they are found at the island of Andros and how they use the wider part of Northern Cyclades. Newsletter  

The meeting on alder forests of Andros Island that was co-organized by the Environmental education center of Korthi, the LIFE Andros Park project and the Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Andros, was successfully held on Tuesday 11 of June. The general introduction for the Natura 2000 sites of Andros, which cover almost half of the island, demonstrating the islands’ value for the protection of biodiversity at local and European level, and the LIFE projects implemented on the island and the connection among them, was followed by a "tour" to the forests of Andros and especially the alder forests. The various types of forests of Andros Island, predominantly remnants of former forests that existed on the island, were presented. Particular reference was made to the alder forests, which are also the…

The Environmental education center of Korthi in collaboration with the LIFE Andros Park project and the Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Andros – SEDA , is organizing and invites you to a workshop on alder forests of Andros Island. The meeting will take place on Tuesday 11th of June at 17.00 at the premises of the Environmental education center of Korthi at the building complex of Agia Triada of Korthi. The special characteristics of the alder forests and the uniqueness of their presence on Andros Island and their close relationship with mushrooms will be presented, as well as the main threats these forests face on the island and the efforts of LIFE Andros Park project for their preservation and restoration. [The meeting language will be Greek.]