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GR037 Mount Athos
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Criteria: B1ii, C2
Coordinates:
40o 10' N
24o 20' E
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Altitude: 0-2033 m
Area: 12000 ha
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Site Description
A coastal area of rugged hills and mountains. The site covers the southern part of the peninsula of Agion Oros.
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Habitats: Coastline/rocky areas (10%, Inland cliffs; Scree and boulders; Sea cliffs and rocky shores), Forest (60%, Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland; Mixed woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Treeline ecotone), Shrubland (40%, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis; Scrub)
Land use: forestry (50%), nature conservation and research (20%), not utilised (50%)
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Protection status
National None International High
12,000ha of IBA covered by World Heritage Site (Mount Athos, 31,000ha).
Birds
This is a nationally important area for breeding and passage raptors. Shearwaters occur offshore. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Falco naumanni , Larus audouinii .
| Species | Season | Year | Min | Max | Acc | Criteria |
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| Puffinus yelkouan Yelkouan Shearwater | unknown | 1987 | Abundant | good | B1ii, C2
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Conservation issues
The main threats are from logging, intensive forest management and a disease that kills Castanea sativa (`Other' threats).
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Threats:
burning of vegetation (unknown), deforestation (commercial) (low), infrastructure (unknown), intensified forest management (medium), other (medium), selective logging/cutting (high)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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