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The Valia-Kalda National Park, Greece

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Gregory L. Tsunis
Gregory L. Tsunis
Affiliation:
Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature, 24, Nikis str., 105 57 Athens, Greece, or Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici, c/o Istituto di Zoologia, Universita di Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy.
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Abstract

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A dam is being built in Valia-Kalda, one of the ten national parks in Greece, despite the fact that this is not permissible under Greek law. Apart from the destruction caused by this activity, the park suffers from illegal hunting and over-grazing by livestock. The author, who was a member of two expeditions to Valia-Kalda in 1985 and 1986, describes the park, highlighting the features of special interest, and urges the Greek Government to safeguard it.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 25 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1988

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