Greece – MedPAN

AMELIE: InnovAtive Monitoring at marinE and coastaL habItats: fostEring management and conservation of sea turtles at Cephalonia Island, Ionian Sea

Project beneficiary: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Greece MPA: Ainos National Park Context: Ainos National Park is located in Western Greece, Ionian Sea, and covers terrestrial, coastal and marine habitats of Cephalonia and Ithaca Islands. The project will focus on

Coastal habitat mapping in support of conservation activities for the loggerhead Caretta caretta, Greece

Project leader: Samaria National Park – Greece MPA: Chersonisos Rodopou – Paralia Maleme, Samaria National Park Theme: Habitat mapping Context: The Natura 2000 site of Chersonisos Rodopou – Paralia Maleme is located on the north-west coast of Crete and includes

Can a seasonal no-take zone provide effective protection of fish fauna within an MPA?

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. Implementation of seasonal no-take zones as part of fisheries management scheme in MPAs is largely unknown despite of their role as a flexible trade-off between human needs and conservation objectives. To this end,

Lessons learned from the FishMPABlue2 project implementation in a crowded and multi-use MPA: insights from the National Marine Park of Zakynthos

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. The implementation of the FishMPABlue2 governance toolkit, the socioeconomic assessment and the ecological monitoring in the MPA of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos proved to be a challenging and didactic task. Hence,

The new legal framework (2018) for Greek MPAs and its consequences on managing fisheries in Natura 2000 marine sites

Presented during the 2018 MedPAN experience sharing-workshop. The recent Law 4519/2018 for the Management Agencies of Protected Areas in Greece, combined with the recent extension of already existing Natura 2000 sites and the establishment of new ones (December 2017), has,