On Sunday, March 16th, a group of volunteers is organising a "Kathari Deftera" clean-up of
Ask the Polish government to stop exploitation of the ancient Bialowieza forest, preserve the whole complex as a national park, and end permanently extensive logging that threatens Europe's last remnant old-growth northern temperate forests
In spite of nice words and promises that not a single tree will be cut down by the Greek Government after the summer fires which destroyed Parnitha national park, the houses in the picture are now being constructed, clearly in the forest area above Afidnes tolls, an area which was spared from the fire. We wonder who and how gave permission.
Wednesday, 29th of August, 7pm:gathering at Syntagma square, and all squares of Greece: wear black clothes to mourn for the victims of the fires...
WHY WAS GREECE LEFT TO BURN DOWN TO ASHES?
A pair of long-expected Bearded vultures /Gypeatus barbatus/ finally arrived in the Wildlife Rescue Centre of Green Balkans on July 15th 2007. Bearded vulture is the symbol of Bulgarian nature conservation, but unfortunately the species has disappeared as a nesting species since the 60-ies. At present there are only records of single wandering individuals on the Balkans. The team of Green Balkans has been discussing the breeding, restoration and conservation of the four vulture species in Europe with various experts from numerous international organizations for ten years so far.
Thousands of citizens gathered st Syntagma square in Athens, on the 8th of July 2007 to protest against environmental degradation, building up of forest lands, inadequate protection of forests and above all the fires which destroyed the national park of Parnitha, the mountain close to Athens.
The cycle tour from Ismir to Lavrion has begun. Read the daily reports by Colleen McGuire:
Day 1 June 16 Report from İzmir
We arrıved in Chios on a boat from Piraeus landıng at 4:30 in the morning and waited until 8:00 to meet Vangelis Kastamoulas to join me for the boat to Turkey. Vangelis is a competıtıve racing cyclist, coming in second in Greece's national cycling games. He arrived wıth an olive tree sapling in his hand for us to plant ın Izmir.
5th of June 2007: Nature Network volunteers Jamie Franzen and Zachary Dawson design bird nest boxes as a construction game for the children of Neo Psichiko Athens, Greece.
See the video:
Why Fish hate humans
Nest boxes
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The migratory birds at small wetland in Artemis,Attica, Greece have to live with an accumulating amount of garbage illegally dumped and gradually covering the water. Adding to this a dirt road has been built and divides the lake in two, altering the hydrology. The international nature network is organizing a clean up, in cooperation with the local municipality in order to stop this and give the lake back to the birds.
The International Nature Network , in collaboration with CycleGreece, the Bicycle Riders Club Of Izmir and Symposium Communications, a historical bicycle project titled "Greece-Turkey: 2 Peoples-- One Nature.”
Greek and Turkish cyclists will for the first time bicycle together starting in Smyrni (Izmir ) and finishing in Soynio.
The purpose of this novel event is to sensitize the public to the urgent issue of global warming and Peace and Friendship between the two countries
On Saturday 16 June in Smyrni the opening ceremony will take place with the Greek and Turkish cyclists. The hosts and organizers of ceremony will be the Izmir Bicycle Riders Club, the Municipality of Izmir, the Turkish Ministry of Exterior Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. A tree planting ceremony will take place.
The cycling will last 11 days, beginning Sunday of 17 June from Smyrni. Each day the cyclists will cover 90 to 100 kilometres as they ride through Turkey, the Greek-Turkey border and head towards Alexandroupoli and Thessalonica.
On Wednesday 27 June the cyclists will ride from Athens to Sounion where there the final ceremonies will take place with a planting of trees, a cocktail party and a seminar on the subject of global warming.
The International Nature Network supports the clean up event of Kifisos River and needs your participation.
Sunday 6 May: 10:00 to 13:00 : volunteer river clean up at the area Adames, Nea Kifissia-- meeting point at Mega Basilopoulos , 20th Klm of the Athens- Lamia National road or at the Kifisia metro station. Transportation to Adames by bus.
Sunday 13 May: 17:00 to 22:00, clean up at the river mouth ( between the Peace and Friendship Stadium and the beach voley field. A Vassilis Papakonstantinou concert will follow.
Not only the new dredging plan - public call in "Jutarnji list" from 17 March 2005 for extraction of about 2.000.000 m³ of sediments -, once implemented, has disastrous affects for the unique Drava River . Day by day, gravel and sand extraction and river canalization works by Croatian and Hungarian Water Management Authorities along the Drava as well as Mura river are leading to extensive environmental devastations.
The Mayor of Belozem village sent a signal to Green Balkans for dead raptor birds in fields on the north of the village, between the Trakiya High-way and the village on January 19th.
Whoever has been driving through the country side, in recent years, even if he not a specialist can easily notice that birds, even species formerly very common are getting harder and harder to spot. Global warming, causing changes in insect life cycles may be one of the reasons for the declines of once common European birds...
Dear friends,
The International Nature Network is the first international organization which is based in Greece. The motivation behind its creation—founded by a group of international volunteers who met in Greece—are some very simple thoughts...
Thanks to the great turn-out during the second voluntary intervention
by MIAFISI International Nature Network, the "Pefkona" region of
Rafina was reforested with over 500 native Greek trees, mainly pines,
Judas trees and oleander.
