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GR007 Samothraki island
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Criteria: B1i, C2
Coordinates:
40o 28' N
25o 30' E
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Altitude: 0-1611 m
Area: 17000 ha
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Site Description
A mountainous island with oak Quercus forest in the north and extensive olive-groves and scrub in the south. The south-east is largely inaccessible.
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Habitats: Artificial landscapes (20%, Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves), Coastline/rocky areas (15%, Inland cliffs; Scree and boulders; Sea cliffs and rocky shores), Forest (33%, Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland; Treeline ecotone), Grassland (10%, Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland), Shrubland (20%, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis)
Land use: agriculture (17%), fisheries/aquaculture, military (10%), not utilised (15%), other (10%), tourism/recreation (20%)
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Protection status
National Partial International None
500ha of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Alonoudia/Alonia- Samothrakis, 500ha). 1,900ha of IBA covered by Wildlife Refuge (Katsampas/Samothraki, 1,900ha).
Birds
The site is important for migratory species.
| Species | Season | Year | Min | Max | Acc | Criteria |
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| Phalacrocorax aristotelis European Shag | resident | 0 | 110 | - | good | B1i, C2
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Conservation issues
The main threat is from forest grazing. Part of the area is a candidate SAC.
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Threats:
aquaculture/fisheries (medium), firewood collection (low), forest grazing (high), infrastructure (low), unsustainable exploitation (unknown)
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Source:
Copyright © Hellenic Ornithological Society
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