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PrespaNet, a network of environmental NGOs dedicated to the preservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the transboundary Prespa Lakes Basin, is proud to be passing its 10th anniversary this year! Founded in 2013 by three organisations with a rich history of environmental stewardship in the region – the Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP), the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES), and Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in...

22 September, 2023

Our research on the landscapes of Prespa, in collaboration with the Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anrthropos (MedINA), is coming to an end. Our report Landscape Study of the Municipality of Prespa which is part of the project “Landscape Public Participation Tools – LPPT” presents an approach on landscape management of Prespa’s landscapes integrating public participation procedures. The research lasted for 2 years and included the following steps: 1. We recognized the...

01 August, 2023

The rivers and streams of Prespa are an integral part of the region, as they are inextricably linked to the activities and life of the locals, while they demonstrate an important element for visitors of the area. How are they affected by the climate crisis? What are the problems they face and which is their influence on humans? These are only two questions of the research conducted by the Society for the...

28 July, 2023

Η αξία του τοπίου της Πρέσπας αναγνωρίζεται τόσο από τους κατοίκους όσο και από τους επισκέπτες της περιοχής, και αναδεικνύεται σε πολλά κείμενα πολιτικής. Η εικόνα των λιμνών, του Αγ. Αχιλλείου και των βουνών που περιβάλλουν τις λίμνες είναι κατά γενική ομολογία εμβληματική. Ποια είναι όμως τα χαρακτηριστικά αυτών των τοπίων και πώς διαμορφώθηκαν; Ποιοι παράγοντες επηρέασαν την εξέλιξή τους; Ποια είναι η διαχείρισή τους και ποιες πολιτικές τα επηρεάζουν...

05 July, 2023

Biodiversity and Conservation Transboundary Educational Field Monitoring Experience 07th – 12th August 2023, Stenje, North Macedonia - Application Deadline: Sunday, 16 July 2023 Macedonian Ecological Society (MES) in collaboration with its PrespaNet partners PPNEA (Protection and Preservation of the Natural Environment in Albania), and Society for Protection of Prespa (SPP from Greece), will organize the network’s 5th transboundary summer school titled “PRESPAnning”, which will take place between 07-12 August 2023. The summer school...

24 June, 2023

Η  Εταιρία Προστασίας Πρεσπών αναζητά δυο (2) Βοτανικούς Πεδίου για τη συλλογή χλωριδικών δεδομένων από την περιοχή του όρους Σφήκα (Τρικλάριο) κατά τη διάρκεια του Ιουνίου 2023. Σκοπός της δράσης είναι η ενίσχυση της βάσης δεδομένων Flora Prespae Database με νέα δεδομένα πεδίου από περιοχές του Εθνικού Πάρκου Πρεσπών και των γειτονικών σε αυτό περιοχών (GR1340009 & GR1340010). Παράλληλα, στόχος είναι και η περαιτέρω ανάπτυξη της συλλογής φυτικών δειγμάτων του SPP Herbarium, ενός...

28 May, 2023

International recognition for the work of SPP and its partners on water governance in the transboundary Prespa Park The persistent and systematic work of the Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP) over the last two decades, advocating for the establishment and operation of an interstate cross-border collaboration scheme in the Prespa basin, with special emphasis on joint water management, has recently been recognised by the global community organised under the...

26 May, 2023

Αξιότιμε κύριε Πρωθυπουργέ, Mε την παρούσα επιστολή, οι υπογράφουσες περιβαλλοντικές οργανώσεις επιθυμούμε να σας εκφράσουμε την απογοήτευση μας για το περιεχόμενο των ρυθμίσεων και τον απαράδεκτα σύντομο χρόνο διαβούλευσης του νομοσχεδίου του Υπουργείου Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας, που πρόκειται να τεθεί προς συζήτηση και ψήφιση την επόμενη εβδομάδα ενώπιον της Ολομέλειας της Βουλής των Ελλήνων, με τίτλο «Μετονομασία της Ρυθμιστικής Αρχής Ενέργειας σε Ρυθμιστική Αρχή Αποβλήτων, Ενέργειας και Υδάτων και διεύρυνση του...

20 March, 2023

It's World Wetlands Day today, and exactly 23 years ago the prime ministers of the 3 littoral states established the transboundary Prespa Park, following a proposal of the Society for the Protection of Prespa and WWF Greece. It took a great deal of time and effort, but just before this year’s anniversary of the Prespa Park, on Tuesday 31st January, the environmental organisations that have consistently and patiently asked and, more...

02 February, 2023

Wetland & degradation The wetlands of the Prespa basin have long been recognised as providing refuge to important biodiversity, while also playing a central role in the well-being of the local communities that have evolved around them over the centuries. Nonetheless, both lakes are not impervious to human-induced pressures, including climate change, which has been leading to increasing degradation of their wetlands in recent years. Long-term drought events, reduced precipitation and...

02 February, 2023

Η αξία του τοπίου της Πρέσπας αναγνωρίζεται τόσο από τους κατοίκους όσο και από τους επισκέπτες της περιοχής, και αναδεικνύεται σε πολλά κείμενα πολιτικής. Η εικόνα των λιμνών, του Αγ. Αχιλλείου και των βουνών που περιβάλλουν τις λίμνες είναι κατά γενική ομολογία εμβληματική. Ποια είναι όμως τα χαρακτηριστικά αυτών των τοπίων και πώς διαμορφώθηκαν; Ποιοι παράγοντες επηρέασαν την εξέλιξή τους; Ποια είναι η διαχείρισή τους και ποιες πολιτικές τα επηρεάζουν...

28 January, 2023

Last week the Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP) successfully carried out a planned Dalmatian pelican trapping session, this time at Lake Kerkini! A total of 12 Dalmatian pelicans are now carrying satellite transmitters, thanks to which we will be able to know their movements in great detail. At the same time, genetic samples (blood, feathers, etc.) were taken in order to investigate the vulnerability of the species to avian...

25 January, 2023

Η Εταιρία Προστασίας Πρεσπών επιθυμεί να καλύψει θέση στον Τομέα Έρευνας, Προστασίας και Διαχείρισης Φυσικού Περιβάλλοντος με σύμβαση εργασίας πλήρους απασχόλησης και τόπο εργασίας στα γραφεία της στο Λαιμό Πρεσπών. Βρείτε περισσότερες πληροφορίες εδώ...

09 January, 2023

In 2017, the Turkish Government ratified Lake Marmara as a wetland of national importance. It is globally recognised as one of the 305 Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) and 184 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Turkey. In addition, the lake also meets the criteria to become a wetland of international importance, also known as Ramsar Site. Today, there is no water in this lake. Most of the wetland has been converted to...

15 December, 2022

On Wednesday, 31st August 2022, almost two years to the day after a previous such accident (https://bit.ly/3cBfOc4 , only in Greek), the ‘Management Unit of Prespes National Park and Protected Areas of Western Macedonia’ and the Society of the Protection of Prespa (SPP) were called to the scene of another great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) death, under turbine Nº 31 at the wind farm on Anthovouni, Mount Varnous. The Forestry Management...

12 September, 2022

The Avian Influenza (AI) wave of 2022 had an unprecedented biological impact on wild birds throughout Europe and caused mass mortality in Dalmatian pelicans (DP) in most of their southeastern European breeding range. However, the effect on the Lesser (Mikri) Prespa Lake colony, NW Greece, the world’s largest colony of the species, was particularly devastating. By the end of April 2022, 1,734 DPs had died, corresponding to ca 58%-67% of...

29 July, 2022

“Monitoring and management for conservation in Prespa” 11th – 16th September 2022, Prespa National Park, Albania Application Deadline: Wednesday, 24th August 2022 In collaboration with its PrespaNet partners the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES), and the Society for Protection of Prespa (SPP), PPNEA will organise a transboundary summer school entitled “Monitoring and management for conservation in Prespa”, which will be held on 11th – 16th September 2022. The summer school will include theoretical sessions and...

20 July, 2022

Collaboration between all the states and bodies that share the Prespa lakes basin has always been a key long-term strategic goal of the Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP). Without this it is difficult for any one side alone to achieve the effective protection of the natural ecosystem and biodiversity, the effective management of common resources, particularly water, and the sustainable well-being of local communities. The more specific goal...

01 July, 2022