DEMETREOS ANASTASSIADES
28HS OKTOBRIOY 3, TAGARADES
57001 THESSALONIKI
G R E E C E
email: sv2gwy <at> nrg.com.gr
WorldWide Flora Fauna in amateur radio programm, wants to draw attention to the importance of protecting Nature, Flora and Fauna. In this spirit, amateur radio operators setup and operate their radio stations from designated Nature Parks and Protected Nature Areas whilist giving the ham radio community an interesting activity to contact.
WWFF is an International and NON-COMMERCIAL programm, run by the coordinators of a large number of National Flora & Fauna programms.....
The Program was launched in 2008 and uses the activity databases of the participating members as collected in the WWFF logsearch and builds upon the rules.
If you are "hunter" of a WWFF/SVFF Award you need to contact locations, possessing an official status of National Parks or Nature Reserves all over SV land (GReece), listed in the WWFF Program .
NATIONAL PARKS in SV land
In the WWFF/SVFF Directory you can see a list from WWFF Database of National Parks and Nature Reserves throughout GReece. During a QSO is provided a symbol, for example: SVFF-001, SVFF-002, SVFF-003, which corresponds to certain National Park or Nature Reserve.
Moreover this website but also related websites contain DataBase (which is currently being filled up) and Newlstters that have informations which, where, when, from whom and for how long a SVFF reference would OTA.
IDENTITY OF WWFF/SVFF
While having a QSO with the WWFF/SVFF expedition you are welcome to transmit also and two figures "44" which means: The first digit ‘4’ represents the four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. The second digit ‘4’ represents the four directions: North, South, East,and West, also “Forty Four = Flora Fauna”.
If the National Park or Nature Reserve territory includes a water area, and call-sign had extension “/mm”, it must be indicated on the QSL card and stated by this radio station for the WWFF/SVFF Database.
The maximum dynamics of SV Flora - Fauna are 1289 references divided in three categories: National, Regional and International designations.
All of them occupy 40% GReece's area, HUGE percentage compared with Italy (21.5%), Romania (25%), Belgium (23%), Spain (28%) etc.
No of Protected areas | 1289 | _%_ | |
Area terrestrial | Επίγεια περιοχή | 35.22 | |
Area marine | Θαλάσσια περιοχή | 4.52 | |
IUCN management category | Κατηγορία διαχείρισης IUCN | ||
Ia | 10 | 0.78 | |
II | 26 | 2.02 | |
III | 29 | 2.3 | |
IV | 623 | 48.33 | |
V | 5 | 0.4 | |
VI | 73 | 5.66 | |
Not Reported | Δεν έχει αναφερθεί | 519 | 40.26 |
Not Applicable | Δεν εφαρμόζεται | 4 | 0.31 |
Not Assigned | Δεν έχει εκχωρηθεί | 37 | 2.94 |
National Designations | |||
National Park) | Εθνικό Πάρκο | 15 | |
Core zone in National (Woodland) Park | Κεντρική ζώνη στο Εθνικό Πάρκο | 10 | |
Game breeding station | Σταθμός αναπαραγωγής θηραμάτων | 21 | |
Controlled hunting area | Ελεγχόμενη περιοχή κυνηγιού | 7 | |
Aesthetic Forest | Αισθητικό Δάσος | 19 | |
Protected Forest | Προστατευμένο δάσος | 3 | |
Natural Monuments and landmarks (protected as strict nature reserve) | Φυσικά μνημεία και αξιοθέατα (προστατευμένο ως αυστηρό φυσικό απόθεμα) | 9 | |
National Marine Park | Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο | 2 | |
Others | υπόλοιπα | 41 | |
National (Woodland) Park - Peripheral zone | Εθνικό Πάρκο (Woodland) - Περιφερειακή ζώνη | 5 | |
Absolute Nature Reserve area | Περιοχή απόλυτης φυσικής κατάστασης | 4 | |
Protected significant natural formation, protected landscape and landscape elements | Προστατευμένος σημαντικός φυσικός σχηματισμός, προστατευόμενο τοπίο και στοιχεία τοπίου | 3 | |
Nature reserve area | Περιοχή αποθεμάτων φύσης | 9 | |
Absolute nature reserve zone in National Park | Απόλυτη φυσική ζώνη σε εθνικό πάρκο | 6 | |
Absolute nature reserve zone in National Marine Park | Απόλυτη φυσική ζώνη αποθεματικού στο Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο | 1 | |
Nature reserve zone in National Park | Φύση ζώνη αποθεματικό στο Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο | 26 | |
Nature reserve zone in National Park | Φυσική ζώνη αποθεματικού στο Εθνικό Πάρκο | 3 | |
National Marine Park - Peripheral zone | Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο - Περιφερειακή ζώνη | 1 | |
National Park - Peripheral zone | Εθνικό Πάρκο - Περιφερειακή ζώνη | 13 | |
Wildlife Refugee | Καταφύγιο άγριων ζώων | 603 | |
Nature reserve area - Peripheral zone | Περιοχή φυσικής κατάστασης - Περιφερειακή ζώνη | 2 | |
Regional Designations | |||
Special Areas of Conversation (Habitats) |
Περιοχή ειδικής προστασίας | 239 | |
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | Θέση κοινοτικής σημασίας (οδηγία για τους οικοτόπους) | 26 | |
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | Περιοχή ειδικής προστασίας (οδηγία για τα πτηνά) | 207 | |
International designations | |||
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 2 | |
World Heritage Site | Μνημείο παγκόσμιας πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς | 2 | |
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | Τοποθεσία Ramsar, υγρότοπος διεθνούς σημασίας | 10 |