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GR040 Apsalos and Moglenitsa gorges
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Criteria: B2, C6
Coordinates:
40o 50' N
22o 10' E
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Altitude: 60-500 m
Area: 6110 ha
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Site Description
Two small river valleys and surrounding hills dominated by scrub and pastures. Human activities include livestock-farming, hunting and mining.
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Habitats: Coastline/rocky areas (5%, Inland cliffs), Forest (5%, Alluvial and very wet forest), Grassland (20%, Steppes and dry calcareous grassland), Shrubland (60%, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis; Scrub)
Land use: agriculture (80%), not utilised, urban/industrial/transport (5%)
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Protection status
National None International None
Birds
The area is important for breeding raptors and passerines characteristic of mixed pasture and forest.
| Species | Season | Year | Min | Max | Acc | Criteria |
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| Hippolais olivetorum Olive-tree Warbler | breeding | 1996 | Frequent | unknown | B2, C6
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Conservation issues
Threats come from a cement factory in the Apsalos valley and plans to regulate the Moglenista river. The area is a candidate SAC.
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Threats:
agricultural intensification/expansion (low), extraction industry (medium), industrialization/urbanization (medium), unsustainable exploitation (medium)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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