wetland
Corfu Environmental Protection Association reports land clearance on Gerekou Island wetland
CORFU. A serious complaint has been lodged about landfilling of the Gerekou lagoon wetland by bulldozers.
Regional legislation for the protection and promotion of Corfu wetlands
CORFU. The legislation (385,000 Euros budget) relates to Antinioti Lagoon and Fonissa River, Korission and Lagoudia Islets, Alyki Lefkimmi and the coastal zone between Kanoni and Messonghi.
Lefkimmi Salt Lakes: Volunteers take it upon themselves to clean up the area
CORFU. Environmentally conscious members of the public decided to take action and cleaned up the wetland, removing the plastic waste.
Pink flamingos at the mercy of human ‘civilization’
CORFU. Instead of being protected and promoted, the wetland at Alykes, Lefkimmi is threatened by pollution and apathy.
Rare species of crane spotted in Kerentza Wetlands
During the monthly bird species count carried out in February by scientific personnel and wardens from the Managing Body for the straits and estuaries of the rivers Acherondas and Kalamas, a small group of a crane species rare to the area was observed in the Kerentza wetlands.
