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LIFE PINUS has been included as a case study of post-fire management of Black pine forests in the book "Post-fire management and restoration of Southern European Forests", one of the major outcomes of the COST Action FP0701 “Post-Fire Forest Management in Southern Europe” that was published in November 2011. The...

LIFE+ project “Restoration of Pinus nigra forests on Mount Parnonas (GR2520006) through a structured approach”, was presented on Tuesday the 9th of August at the Cultural Center in the village of Kastanitsa, on the occasion of the events of the "FOREST FEST 2011". The Management Body of Mount Parnon & Moustos...

Management Body of Mount Parnonas & Moustos Wetland - Press Releass Astros, 7/21/2011 Τhe Cultural Association of Kastanitsa organised the fourth annual event "FOREST FEST 2011" in the village of Kastanitsa. The Management Body of Mount Parnon & Moustos Wetland took the opportunity to actively participate...

Management Body of Mount Parnonas & Moustos Wetland Astros, 6/2/2011 This year's World Environment Day (June 5 2011) is dedicated by the United Nations (UN) in the forests and the services they provide to humanity. It is meant to celebrate both “forests for people” and “people for forests”. Amongst the...

Patra 1/27/2011, DECENTRALIZED ADMINISTRATION OF PELOPONNESE-WESTERN GREECE & IONIAN ISLANDS PRESS RELEASE The subject of the meeting held today at the office of the Secretary General of the Decentralised Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece & Ionian islands, Mr. Tasos Apostolopoulos, was the...

Life+ Project "Restoration of Pinus nigra forests on mount Parnonas through a structured approach" contributes to the restoration of burned areas in mount Parnonas and regenerates the natural environment of the region. The first of the 460,000 Black pine seedlings were planted in the burnt areas of Parnonas on...

The area of Agioi Anargyroi was the first location where shots for the film "Travel of the seed" took place on December 1st, 2010 . This cinematic travel will follow the “journey” of the seed from the collection of the seed bearing cones to the nursery and back to the mother forest as seedling for the its...

The conference was attended by more than 100 participants from forests services, protected areas’ management bodies, local authorities, NGOs and other organizations. Presentations were given and discussions were made regarding the main futures of Black pine forests of Greece and the principles for their ecological...

Natural regeneration around unburnt forest patches and isolated Black pine trees is going well. This is the first outcome from the annual visit for the natural regeneration monitoring, held from 10-1/6/2010. In particular, densities up to 2 young trees/m2 were recorded in a distance up to 50 m from the unburnt trees....

The Management Body of Mountain Parnonas and Moustos wetland near the children The Management Body of Mountain Parnonas and Moustos wetland, during the project LIFE+, will try to pass the message and the urgent neccessity of protecting our forests through conversation and environmentally targeted games to the...

The first implementation year was succesfull. During 2009 the conference «New approaches for the restoration of Black pine forests» was held in Sparti, on 15-16 October 2009 with success. The assessment of impacts to the habitat type "Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Black pines" on Mount Parnonas (GR2520006)...