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GR016 North and north-east Thasos island
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Criteria: B1ii, C2
Coordinates:
40o 40' N
24o 40' E
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Altitude: 0-1213 m
Area: 15000 ha
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Site Description
A coastal mountain with steep rocky slopes, large subalpine meadows, pine Pinus forest, and broadleaved forest. There is also a wetland with reedbeds ( Phragmites ).
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Habitats: Artificial landscapes (15%, Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Urban parks and gardens), Coastline/rocky areas (5%, Inland cliffs; Sea cliffs and rocky shores), Forest (20%, Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Mixed woodland; Native coniferous woodland), Grassland (5%, Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland), Shrubland (40%, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis), Wetland (10%, Rivers and streams; Sand dunes and beaches; Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation)
Land use: agriculture (60%), fisheries/aquaculture (5%), forestry (20%), tourism/recreation (30%), urban/industrial/transport (10%)
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Protection status
National Partial International None
Part of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Portes Pyrgoudia/Limenarion- Theologou- Potamias- Prinou- Marion, 3,174ha).
Birds
The site is important for raptors and migratory species.
| Species | Season | Year | Min | Max | Acc | Criteria |
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| Puffinus yelkouan Yelkouan Shearwater | resident | 1996 | Common | unknown | B1ii, C2
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Conservation issues
Seventy-five percent of the forested area has been burned during the last 10 years. Other threats are overgrazing by cattle, quarrying, intensive hunting and logging in the remnant Pinus forest.
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Threats:
aquaculture/fisheries (medium), burning of vegetation (high), deforestation (commercial) (high), extraction industry (high), forest grazing (high), recreation/tourism (medium), selective logging/cutting (medium), unsustainable exploitation (high)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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