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GR100 Mount Foloi
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Criteria: B3, C6
Coordinates:
37o 45' N
21o 45' E
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Altitude: 200-650 m
Area: 16500 ha
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Site Description
An area of old olive-groves, Quercus woodland and Pinus forests, interspersed with scrub and some pasture and cultivation. Human activities include agriculture, forestry, stock-raising, and hunting.
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Habitats: Forest (60%, Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland), Shrubland (40%, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis)
Land use: agriculture (50%), forestry (40%), tourism/recreation (10%)
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Protection status
National None International None
9742 ha of the IBA are covered by Special Protection Area (SPA) OROPEDIO FOLOIS(GR2330002).
Birds
This is an important site for species characteristic of a mosaic of forest, pasture and olive-groves.
| Species | Season | Year | Min | Max | Acc | Criteria |
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| Dendrocopos medius Middle Spotted Woodpecker | resident | 1996 | Common | unknown | B3, C6
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| Emberiza caesia Cretzschmar's Bunting | breeding | 1997 | - | - | unknown | B3, C6
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Conservation issues
The main threats include illegal hunting, illegal logging and the burning of vegetation. Part of the area is a candidate SAC.
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Threats:
agricultural intensification/expansion (low), burning of vegetation (medium), deforestation (commercial) (medium), recreation/tourism (low), unsustainable exploitation (high)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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