REGION IPIROS
Prefecture IOANNINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION SOCIETY OF IOANNINA
Date of Initial
Completion: 2/9/1996 1st Update: 2/2/1998 2nd Update (CHAP.I):
14/12/1999
Date of Last Update: 22/2/2001
I. Identity of
Organisation
Address
IOANNINA Postal
Code 454 44 Street: 6, 28th OCTOBER STR.
Tel. 26510-35997 Fax
Contact Persons: ARISTIDIS SOTIRIADIS
Tel. 26510-35997
Legal Status
The Organisation
is Association - Union since 1976
Aims
Protecting,
exploiting and promoting the environment of Ioannina’s basin (lake, forests,
aesthetics-traditional
feature of Ioannina’s city and cave)
Members and
Friends
With voting
right: 350
Material Substructure
Office: Guest,
Operating days: Daily, Operating hours:
Working shop hours
There are databases in Paper its
morph and structure is Thematic
Remarks: There were no activities
reported in the first updating
II. Activities
General
Issue: Conservation of the environment
Issue-Topic: Tree planting
The activity took
place in 1989 Range: Local
Activities
- Results:
Organisation of a
tree-planting event at the at the entrance of the town and provision of trees
to the municipality
and the University.
The finance
necessary to buy and transport trees from Germany was donated by private
companies, lay people and
the prefecture.
General
Issue: Ecosystems protection
Issue-Topic: Ioannina grove
The activity took
place in 1978 Range: Local
Activities
- Results:
Submission of
proposals to the municipality and the prefecture in relation to the creation of
protection zones at the
Ioannina grove.
An Environmental
Study was completed and adopted but not implemented.
Issue-Topic:
Ioannina lake
From: 1976 To: 1994 Range: Local
Activities
- Results:
Interventions
made, lodging of complaints, litigation against scrapheaps, illegal building
and water pollution of the
Attempts made to fix the lake's
boundaries.
Submission of a proposal for the
setting up of a Development-Management Agency for the lake which was declared
in
1978 with a presidential degree an 'area of
outstanding natural beauty'.
Issue-Topic: Ionannina lake
From: 1993 To: 1994 Range: Local
Activities
- Results:
Lodging of a
complaint to the Public Administration Control Unit against the issue of
building licence for the area of
Ioannina lake. Result: the building
activities stopped, the building was put down and an order was given for the
initiation of a sworn administrative
inquiry on the issue.
Issue-Topic: Voidomatis river
From: 1977 To: 1985 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Attempts were
made to prevent the operation of fish farms at various locations in the area.
Despite that the area has
been declared an area of outstanding natural
beauty, fish farms have been constructed everywhere.
General Issue: Environmental protection
Issue-Topic: Aigli area
From: 1977 To: 1990 Range: Local
Activities
- Results:
Interventions
made to the municipality, the prefecture - publications to the press -
information and sensitisation of
agencies and citizens in order to
prevent the building of houses in the public owned area Aigli. Finally, the
area
Issue-Topic: Development projects
The activity took
place in 1990 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Action taken and
interventions made to the Public Electricity Company (PEC) against the
construction of a dam within
Valia Kalda valley (positive result).
Issue-Topic: Industrial pollution
The activity took
place in 1978 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Action taken
against the creation of an industrial zone within Ioannina's basin
The organisation's goal was to
restrict the number of industries that pollute the atmosphere.
Issue-Topic: Industrial pollution
From: 1985 To: 1991 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Battles against
the operation of ELVIX plant, the liquid waste of which ends up at the springs
of the Toumba area
(where are utilised to provide with
drinking water 55 communities of Ioannina basin) and Kalama area (the plant is
Issue-Topic: Quarries
From: 1977 To: 1982 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Action taken
against the operation of various quarries. One is closed but five new quarries
currently operate around
Future
Plans
General Issue: Possibility of the
organization's reactivation, which hasn't been operating for the last two years
now
Issue - Topic:
Range
Future
Activities:
III. Source of Information
IV. Relations with the Press
Title:
TOPIKOS TIPOS
Subject:
All local issues
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper Local 1/1976-12/1994 continually Common Perfect
V. Relations with
Mass Media
Title: local radio stations
Subject: All kinds of local issues
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
Radio Local 1/1976-12/1994 frequently Common Perfect
Title: local televisions
Subject: All kinds of local issues
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
T.V. Local 1/1992-12/1994 frequently Common Perfect
VI. Relations with others ENGO
Name: Association for the Nature of Ipeiros
Subject: In all issues
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
Yes 1/1986-12/1994 Common Very High
VII. Relations with Public and Private Bodies
VIII. Printed material of the ENGO