By caring for wildlife we invest in the future. As we rapidly expand our technological and scientific knowledge, we must preserve for tomorrow what we do not fully understand today.
ISSUE
- How can we promote the wildlife of an area for the purpose of raising awareness; ecotourism?
- How can we stop the decline of biodiversity?
- What biodiversity restoration measures can we take in a degraded area?
SOLUTION
- Management plans for protected areas and species
- Biodiversity awareness programmes and actions
- Infrastructure projects for the protection of sites and species
- Design and implementation of wildlife monitoring programmes
- Awareness raising/information and control on the release of alien species
RESULT
- Development of environmental tourism
- Research projects and environmental actions in remote areas of Greece
- Education programmes to understand the degree of our interdependence with wildlife; and
- Quality of life