Life IGIC project aims at the development of Green Infrastructure and supportive sustainable farming methods in olive orchards in Messara, Crete, an area surrounded by Natura 2000 sites and of great cultural, nature and agricultural value. Main objectives, biodiversity conservation, agroecosystem services enhancement and reconnection of existing nature areas.
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The impacts of climate change in olive orchards and mitigation solutions, were presented on TV Creta and SKAI Kritis 92,1 FM radio interview.
An interview on TV Creta and on SKAI Kritis 92,1 FM radio, was given by Dr Emmanouil Kabourakis, coordinator of the LIFE IGIC project, discussing
Decision Support Tool for Green Infrastructure (DST-GI)
In the context of the LIFE IGIC project, for the large-scale implementation of Green Infrastructure (GI) development, the Laboratory of Olive and Agroecological Production Systems
Factors affecting floristic diversity in olive orchards and the importance of GI development, for adaptation of olive orchards to climate change, was highlighted at the 18th Panhellenic Conference of the Hellenic Botanical Society (H.B.S.) in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Life IGIC project’s results on floristic diversity of olive orchards, were presented at the 18th Panhellenic Conference of the Hellenic Botanical Society (H.B.S.), which took
The project LIFE IGIC – Improvement of Green Infrastructure in agroecosystems: reconnecting natural areas by countering habitat fragmentation – LIFE16 NAT/GR/000575 is being implemented with the contribution of the LIFE Programme of the European Union. Also, the project is being implemented with the contribution of the Green Fund.
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