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   Ministerial Joint Decree No. 110/1205322 setting forth technical specifications for the development of studies for the delimitation of land areas falling under the “NATURA 2000” network − updating, description and delimitation of land habitat types in ...

   Regulations

   Greece, Europe, Southern Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   environment

   surveyors

   land management

   protected areas

   The exact description and delimitation of habitat types are an important tool and a basic condition for the protection and effective management of the natural environment and biodiversity in Greece. It is also a bounding obligation towards the competent EU bodies. Previously registered habitats (period 1999−2001) concerned in total 237 land areas totaling roughly 2 millions hectares of land. This work was the first and only mapping of habitat types in protected areas, resulting in the production of thematic maps (habitat type maps).

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   Ministerial Joint Decree No. 125347/568 establishing Codes of Good Agricultural Practice.

   Κοινή Υπουργική Απόφαση υπ’αριθ. 125347/568. Κώδικες Ορθής Γεωργικής Πρακτικής.

   Regulations

   Greece, Europe, Southern Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   farmland

   farming systems

   environment

   fisheries

   protected areas

   grazing

   With the purpose of addressing issues related to agricultural activities and providing good management practice on how to avoid polluting water, air and soil, this Decree establishes certain practices to be applied by farmers and others involved in agricultural activities, named Codes of Good Agricultural Practice. The Codes aim at: the sustainable management of agricultural lands and natural resources, the protection and safeguarding of rural landscape and its specific characteristics, farmers and consumers health protection.

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   Agreement on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Prespa Park Area.

   International Conventions or Treaties

   North Macedonia, Greece, Albania, Eastern Europe, Europe, Southern Europe, Northern Europe

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   environment

   protected areas

   land management

   By virtue of this Agreement the Parties aim at the protection of the ecosystem and sustainable development of the Prespa Park Area. Cooperation includes the prudent management of water quality and quantity of the Prespa Lakes; pollution prevention of control; biodiversity protection; protection of soil against erosion, depletions, infections and pollution; preventing the introduction of alien animal and plant species. The Agreement provides for the adoption of plans, porgrammes and environmental standards and criteria to achieve these objectives.