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GR022 Mount Beles (Kerkini)
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Criteria: B2, C6
Coordinates:
41o 20' N
23o 4' E
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Altitude: 100-2031 m
Area: 34000 ha
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Site Description
A remote mountain range characterized by bare summits, wooded slopes, gorges and scree slopes.
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Habitats: Forest (90%, Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland), Grassland (10%, Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland)
Land use: agriculture (10%), forestry (85%), military (5%)
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Protection status
National None International None
25550 ha of the IBA are covered by Special Protection Area (SPA) OROS BELLES(GR1260010).
Birds
This is an important area for breeding and passage raptors and alpine and forest species. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (non-breeding), Aquila clanga (wintering), Aquila heliaca (wintering), Falco naumanni (passage).
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| Accipiter brevipes Levant Sparrowhawk | breeding | 1996 | 5 | 10 | unknown | B2
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| Aquila pomarina Lesser Spotted Eagle | breeding | 1996 | 4 | 8 | unknown | B2, C6
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Conservation issues
The main threats are the replacement of native forest with Pinus plantations and illegal hunting. The area is a candidate SAC.
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Threats:
afforestation (high), deforestation (commercial) (unknown), infrastructure (unknown), intensified forest management (unknown), selective logging/cutting (low), unsustainable exploitation (high)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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