Caves and Bats: Towards an Integrated Protection and Management
LIFE GRECABAT "Greek Caves and bats: Management Actions and Change of Attitude" organizes on December 13th and 14th, 2019 at the premises of Ministry of Environment and Energy (119 Mesogeion Street, Athens), a two-day seminar on "Caves and Bats: Towards an Integrated Protection and Management".
The event aims to a discussion among the experts and other stakeholders and is the launch meeting of a series of conferences to be held in 15 cities around Greece.
It will be our pleasure and honor to meet you and have a creative exchange of views and experiences on the conservation of these - practically unknown to many - ecosystems and species of the Greek nature.
PROGRAM
Day 1, Friday December 13th, 2019
Mesogeion 119, Ground floor, Ministry of Environment and Energy
09:00 - 09:30: Arrival/Registration - Coffee
09:30 - 09:45: Presentation of guests
09:45 - 10:00: A different program - George Papamichael/ATEPE Ecosystem Management
10:00 - 10:15: A flying relative - Panagiotis Georgiakakis/University of Crete - NHMC
10:15 - 10:30: Hidden Greek nature: The terrestrial cave habitats - Kaloust Paragamian/Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research
10:30 - 10:45: and yet we are interested… - Eleni Giamakidou/Ministry of Environment and Energy
10:45 - 11:15: Coffee break
11:15 - 11:30: Archaeological legislation and caves – Andreas Ntarlas, Ephorate of Paleoanthropology & Speleology, Ministry of Culture and Sports
11:30 - 11:45: Legislation and reality – Antonina Papathanasoglou/ The Greek Ombudsman
11:45 - 12:00: Thematic areas
12:00 - 13:30: Roundtables
13:30 - 14:30: Light Meal
14:30 - 15:00: Conclusions/Highlights
15:00 - 16:00: Open discussion
16:00 - 17:00: Break - Preparation
17:00 - 18:00: Educational game
Get to know our equipment
Highlights of a fascinating work...
Day 2, Saturday December 14th, 2019
“Koutouki” cave, Paiania
11:00 - 14:00: Koutouki, the story of a cave
Educational game
Get to know our equipment
Highlights of a fascinating work ...