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GR119 Divari Pilou lagoon (Gialova)
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Criteria: A4i, B1i, C2, C3
Coordinates:
36o 58' N
21o 40' E
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Altitude: 0-0 m
Area: 600 ha
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Site Description
The wetland can be divided into brackish lagoons and freshwater marshes. Beyond these is a buffer zone of cultivated fields and maquis. The main human activities are fishing, livestock- and arable-farming, tourism and hunting.
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Habitats: Artificial landscapes (20%, Arable land; Forestry plantations), Coastline/rocky areas (5%, Sea cliffs and rocky shores), Shrubland (10%, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis), Wetland (70%, Coastal lagoons; Fens, transition mires and springs; Mud flats and sand flats; Salt marshes; Sand dunes and beaches; Standing brackish and salt water; Standing freshwater)
Land use: agriculture (14%), fisheries/aquaculture (65%), tourism/recreation (30%)
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Protection status
National High International None
600ha of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Limni Divari- Valtos/Pylou- Romanou, 700ha).1025 ha of the IBA are covered by Special Protection Area (SPA) LIMNOTHALASSA GIALOVAS & NISOS SFAKTIRIA(GR2550008).
Birds
This is an important site for wintering and passage waterbirds. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Pelecanus crispus (passage), Aythya nyroca (10- 20 passage individuals), Falco naumanni (10- 20 passage individuals), Gallinago media (10- 20 passage individuals).
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| Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper | passage | 1996 | 300 | 500 | good | A4i, B1i, C3
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| Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper | passage | 1996 | 7000 | 11000 | good | A4i, B1i, C2
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| Glareola pratincola Collared Pratincole | passage | 1996 | 117 | 117 | good | B1i, C2
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| Sterna nilotica Gull-billed Tern | passage | 1996 | 210 | 220 | good | B1i, C2
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| Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant | winter | 1996 | 1000 | 1000 | good | B1i, C3
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| Egretta garzetta Little Egret | passage | 1995 | 1500 | 2000 | good | A4i, B1i, C2
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| Casmerodius albus Great Egret | winter | 1996 | 280 | 360 | good | A4i, B1i, C2
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| Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis | passage | 1996 | 1600 | 1800 | good | A4i, B1i, C2
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Conservation issues
The main threats are fishing, increasing salinity in the freshwater marsh as a result of ground and surface water abstraction for agriculture, infilling of the wetland and hunting. The area is a candidate SAC.
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Threats:
agricultural intensification/expansion (low), aquaculture/fisheries (high), groundwater abstraction (high), infrastructure (high), recreation/tourism (medium), unsustainable exploitation (high)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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