REGION EASTERN MAKEDONIA AND THRACE

Prefecture RODOPI

ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF RODOPI

Date of Initial Completion: 19/6/1996 1st Update: 25/10/1997 2nd Update (CHAP.I): 20/12/1999

Date of Last Update: 8/3/2001

e_mail: eco_rodopi@hotmail.com, dragoumanisoula@hotmail.com

I. Identity of Organisation

The Organisation is a member of the: Pan-Hellenic Network of Ecological Organizations.

Address

KOMOTINI Postal Code 691 00 Street: 41, D. MPETSA STR., P.O.BOX 12

Tel. 25310-32061, 25310-31946 Fax 25310-33361, 25310-31946

Contact Persons: SOKRATIS GRIGOROPOULOS, ANESTIS STRATIADIS, XANTHOULA PARASKEVA, THEODOSIA

DRAGOUMANI Tel. 25310-56710, 25310-32061, 25310-31946, 6932 181991

Legal Status

Today the Organisation is Civic non Profit Organisation since 1994

Initially the Organisation was Other since 1990

Aims

To protect the environment and the cultural heritage / to inform-sensitize the public aiming at the citizens’

activation on environmental subjects / to take action on environmental subjects

Members and Friends

With voting right: 6 Without voting right: 30 of whom have paid their membership fee: 30

Material Substructure

Office: Granted for free, Operating days: Every Wednesday, Operating hours: 20.30-22.00

There are databases in Paper its morph and structure is Thematic, file of slides, photographs, posters

Activities Hall: 100 individuals

Performance material: Projector, video projector, TV, monitor (screen), radio cassette, stand series of posters

Administrative board

Grigoropoulos Socrates Representative - Member of Coordinative Secretariat

Kougiomtzoglou Sotiris Member of Coordinative Secretariat

Paraskeva Xanthippi Member of Coordinative Secretariat

Stratiadis Anestis Member

Dragoumani Theodosia Member

Grigoropoulou Fotini Member

II. Activities

General Issue: Information - sensitisation of the public

Issue-Topic: Environmental education

From: 1992 To: 1996 Range: Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Sight-seeing of wetlands in collaboration with Ε.Κ.Β.Υ., the Ministry of Education and local ecological groups

Speeches - presentations at schools about wetlands, their problems and solution to them

Poster exhibition at all primary schools in Rodopi in collaboration with representatives of environmental groups and

other interested parties

Establishment-operation of an environment-related library to be used by students and pupils as well as lending of

videotapes to various agencies

Issue-Topic: Environmental education

The activity took place in 1997 Range: Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Conducted tour of educational institutions (colleges and highs cools) to the Vistonida, Ismarida wetlands

Issue-Topic: Transport

The activity took place in 1997 Range: Local

Activities - Results:

Putting forward a proposal to the municipal council concerning the creation of a cycling network

Issue-Topic: Water resources and wetlands management

The activity took place in 1997 Range: Regional

Activities - Results:

Co-organisation with the Ecological Society of Evros, of the one day meeting entitled 'waste resources - wetlands' in

Participation in the two-day meeting entitled 'waste resources - Public Electricity Company's dam in Nestos' in Kavala

Continuation of the weekly half-hour TV programme at Komotini's Greek TV and radio station

General Issue: Protection of the natural environment

Issue-Topic: Chopping of a perennial plane-tree at the city's central square

The activity took place in 1997 Range: Local

Activities - Results:

Actions at the city's central square, small concert, collection of 4,000 signatures and their submission to the city

council during the discussion of this issue

Issue-Topic: Construction of arterial road

The activity took place in 1991 Range: Regional

Activities - Results:

Actions with the view to cancelling the construction of Egnaial road

Issue-Topic: Industrial pollution

The activity took place in 1991 Range: Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Expression of opinion to the municipality and the prefecture for the avoidance of the sitting of a toxic waste

management factory (Positive outcome)

Issue-Topic: Water pollution

The activity took place in 1996 Range: Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Microscopic observation of Vosvozi and Ismarida lakes water quality in collaboration with EKBY and the Thessalonica's

Aristotelion University

Actions against the operation of a biological water treatment plant

Issue-Topic: Wetlands

From: 1992 To: 1995 Range: Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Monitoring of Rodopi wetlands' environmental baseline and drafting of reports to Ε.Κ.Β.Υ.

General Issue: Protection of the wild fauna

Issue-Topic: Implementation of the common Ministerial decision concerning the ecological park of

Eastern Macedonia-Trace

The activity took place in 1997 Range: Local

Activities - Results:

Constant correspondence with the local press, the local media and hunting associations for the successful

implementation of the common Ministerial position

Issue-Topic: Programme for the protection of Laggona and Duck initiated by the Ornithological society

The activity took place in 1997 Range: Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Participation in the presentation of this programme to the Neo Sidirochori in Rodopi.

General Issue: Protection of wild fauna

Issue-Topic: Hospitalisation of wild animals - hunting

From: 1990 To: 1997 Range: Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Provision of first aid, transportation of injured animals to Aegina's Wild Bird Care Centre (E.K.P.A.Z.P) After their full

recovery they are released back to the wild

Attempts made to restrict over hunting mainly through informational media coverage and distribution of leaflets

First aid provision and transportation of wild injured birds to the Wild Bird Care Centre (E.K.P.A.Z.P)

General Issue: Waste management

Issue-Topic: Recycling

From: 1991 To: 1992 Range: Local

Activities - Results:

Participation in the elaboration of a sample survey research study in connection with the recycling of urban waste

which lasted for 18 months and was undertaken in collaboration with the Thrace University and the Comotini

III. Source of Information

Source of information: Greek Biotope/ Wetland Center (EKVY)

Subject: Environmental issues in general

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

1/1992-7/1996 Continually Common Perfect

Source of information: Greenpeace

Subject: Industrial pollution

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

1/1992-12/1992 Once Ours Perfect

Source of information: Private Society for the Supply of Information

Subject: Bibliography in a CD-rom.

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

1/1995-12/1995 Once Ours Perfect

Source of information: Demokritos University of Thrace

Subject: Biology, Environmental Engineering.

Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

1/1993-7/1996 Continually Common Perfect

IV. Relations with the Press

Title: PARATIRITIS TIS THRAKIS

Subject: current news - local environmental issues

Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level

Newspaper Local 1/1990-7/1996 every month Ours High

Title: ELEYTHERO VIMA

Subject: current news - local environmental issues

Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level

Newspaper Local 1/1990-7/1996 every month Ours Moderate

Title: CHRONOS

Subject: current news - local environmental issues

Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level

Newspaper Local 1/1990-7/1996 every month Ours Low

Remarks: incomplete coverage- non-objective commentator

Title: PATRIDA

Subject: current news - local environmental issues

Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level

Newspaper Local 1/1990-7/1996 every month Ours Very Low

Remarks: incomplete coverage- non-objective commentator

Title: 5 weekly newspapers

Subject: current news - local environmental issues

Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level

Newspaper Local 1/1990-7/1996 every month Ours

V. Relations with Mass Media

Title: ERA KOMMOTINIS

Subject: Contemporary news of Crete - productions in order to raise awareness.

Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

Radio Local 1/1990-7/1996 on a weekly basis Ours Perfect

Title: DELTA TV

Subject: News- hunting- Egnatia avenue (egnatia odos)

Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

T.V. Local 1/1990-7/1996 4 times per year Common Perfect

Title: COSMOS TV

Subject: News- hunting- Egnatia avenue (egnatia odos)

Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

T.V. Local 1/1990-7/1996 4 times per year Common Perfect

Title: RODOPI TV

Subject: News- hunting- Egnatia avenue (egnatia odos)

Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level

T.V. Local 1/1990-7/1996 4 times per year Common Perfect

VI. Relations with others ENGO

Name: Greek Ornithologic Society/Greek Society of the Protection of Nature/Greek

Society/WWF

Subject: Draining the east side of the Vistonida lake in order the dam of Nestos not to be constructed.

Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level

No 1/1996-7/1996 Ours High

Future plans

To establish the “Ecological Society of Hellenic North-Eastern Organizations” with a set encounter of every 2

months in which we can exchange information and coordinate actions taken on local issues.

VII. Relations with Public and Private Bodies

Name: Prefecture of Rodopi

Subject: Waste treatment, hunting, information access providing

Time Period Initiative Satisfaction level

1/1990-7/1996 Ours Moderate

Name: Municipality of Komotini

Subject: Natural and built-up environment issues

Time Period Initiative Satisfaction level

1/1990-7/1996 Ours Moderate

Name: Municipality of Sapes

Subject: Toxic industry-Gold industry

Time Period Initiative Satisfaction level

1/1991-7/1996 Ours Low

Name: Demokritos University of Thrace-Department of Environmental Engineering

Subject: Research for recycling- wetlands monitoring

Time Period Initiative Satisfaction level

1/1990-7/1996 Ours Perfect

VIII. Printed material of the ENGO