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Western Macedonia after the decision to phase out lignite by 2028
Journalists Socrates Moutidis and Panagiotis Tsartsianidis attempt to give an X-ray of the situation in Western Macedonia immediately after the Greek prime minister’s historic announcement in New York “to close all lignite units the latest by 2028”, in their TV show in www.kozani.tv.
The role of NGOs in environmental governance
Guest lecture by Ioli Christopoulou on the role of environmental NGOs in environmental governance on October 21, 2019.
Interview for the transition to the post-lignite era
Interview by Nikos Mantzaris to Dimitra Krayianni and the newspaper “Tharros” regarding the challenges of the transition of the region of Western Macedonia to the post-lignite era.
Thank you @InvalisInterreg for inviting us to be part of the network & to contribute to its evolution. During the session @iolich noted the policy challenges that Greece faces in relation to #invasivealienspecies #invasivespecies. @YPEKA @szogaris @hcmr_gr @upatras @Aristoteleio
Regional meeting in Athens 29/10/19, the National Center for Environment and Sustainable Development organized in Athens the 1st Regional Meeting where the INVALIS project was presented and discussed the need to establish a network of stakeholders(e.g. scientific community, NGOs)
Α source of #conservationoptimism and a great idea to mark conservation success: The #SpeciesGreenList "seeks to go beyond simply preventing extinctions to defining recovered species as those that are ecologically functional across their natural ranges" @IUCN @IPBES
While the @IUCNRedList focuses on #extinction risk, a #SpeciesGreenList is being compiled to measure recovery and #conservation success and to index #species that have come back from the brink.
Read about the methodology behind the list @ConversationUK:
https://theconversation.com/how-do-we-know-when-a-species-at-risk-has-recovered-its-not-just-a-matter-of-numbers-125534