On Monday 3 February, the President of the Local Management Committee of Asterousia (LMCA), Mrs. Theano Vrentzou-Skordalaki and the executive of Heraklion Development Company, Dr. Aikaterini Mandadaki, participated in an information and awareness-raising event on the Wetlands of Eastern Crete organized by the Management Unit of Protected Areas of Eastern Crete of the Natural Environment […]
The activities on the topic of “Education for Sustainable Development in the Protected Area of the Asterousia Biosphere Reserve” were presented to 24 students of the 2nd High School of the GEL Pobia in the presence of Nikolaos Toumanidis, Director and teachers of the school. The activities, lasting 2 teaching hours, were carried out by […]
Part of the Program was the implementation of prototypes of experiential activities on the theme of “Education for Sustainable Development in the Protected Area of the Asterousia Biosphere Reserve” to students of the last grades of the Vagionia Primary School and small delegations of students of the Vagionia High School and a total of 44, […]
The Region of Crete continues to promote internationally the UNESCO areas of Crete The UNESCO Regions of Crete (Samaria-Psiloritis-Asterousia-Siteia) had a separate presence with their own stand, in the field of alternative tourism, at the great ITB tourism exhibition in Berlin. The presence in Berlin took place through the project of the Region of Crete […]
Just as other biosphere reserves and protected areas, the Asterousia Biosphere Reserve is increasingly being affected by marine litter, which is building up, threatening habitats and species and inhibiting sustainable development. With the aim of improving the marine litter knowledge and evidence base in the biosphere reserve, MIO-ECSDE kick- started this week the first community-based […]
Asterousia have joined the MAB/UNESCO Network. Their inclusion took place at the initiative of the Association for the Protection of Asterousia and the cooperation of the Development of Heraklion AAE OTA and the Region of Crete. The integration effort was supported by the competent local authorities, as stated in the attached form, which is financed […]
The reference of the Evangelist John to the meeting of Christ with the Greeks shows the identification of the Greeks with Orthodoxy. There were also some Greeks from among those who were resurrected, in order to worship in the feast. They therefore came to Philip from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying: Lord, we […]
In the Region of Calabria in the Sila National Park “Biosphere Reserve” of Unesco, the annual meeting of the European network Euromontana was scheduled for October 25-27, on the theme: smart mountains. In this assembly, which had the objective of how to make our regions more attractive and future-oriented, good practices from various regions of […]
The start of the Hybrid University of Asterousia 2022 took place on Monday, September 12, 2022 with the central theme of Marine Literacy in Biosphere Reserves and other Protected Areas. The main objectives of this University were to inform the participants with knowledge, skills and methodology for the effective development and implementation of Marine Literacy […]
The Information and Awareness event was completed with great success of local organizations and citizens in Tymbakki on September 12, 2022 with the theme “The relationship between the protection of natural and cultural monuments with Sustainable Development in the Asterous Biosphere Reserve of the Human Program and MAB/UNESCO Biosphere’. The event was organized by the […]
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