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Flowers of Crete in Orchid Digest magazine
The work of Flowers of Crete features in the January edition of Orchid Digest.
We would like to thank Mark Sullivan of the Orchid Conservation Coalition for getting the plight of the threatened orchids of Crete out to a wider audience.
There is a digest of the article on the Orchid Digest website, or click on the picture on the right.
January 2012
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THE MAKING OF THE CRETAN LANDSCAPE, 22nd
– 28th April 2012
This short field-course at Knossos is designed for those with a professional interest (ecologists, historians and archaeologists to landscape architects) and the interested amateur alike. It will concentrate upon the ecology of central Crete, and the historical development of its landscape. There will be a maximum of ten participants on the course.
The course will be led by Dr. Oliver Rackham who has worked for many years on the island and has a unique comprehension of its interwoven environmental fabric. He and Jennifer Moody are the co-authors of The Making of the Cretan Landscape (1996) and participants should read this book to appreciate the depth and diversity of what the course offers. Over five days of intensive study, participants will explore a range of urban and rural environments.
The course is run by the British School at Athens, not Flowers of Crete. Full details, including how to book, here.
Sustainable Alternatives for Poverty Reduction and Ecological Justice
Under the auspices of his all holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, this
international conference takes place in Chania, 17-20 September 2012, at the
Orthodox Academy of Crete. Julia Jones, for Flowers of Crete, has been invited to be on the organising committee. Poster about this here and
further details will be online shortly. 9 December 2011
Almyros wetlands update
At the beginning of November 2011, Rosemary and Julia began a project to produce a species list for the wetlands at Almyros in order to help the Clean Up Mirambello Bay group promote the importance of this fragile environment. At the time there were only three plants in flower, but it is hoped to complete a full twelve month's survey recording and photographing species in flower and fruit.
Anyone wishing to support this work and contribute towards the costs of this survey can contact Julia or Rosemary for more information. Julia and Rosemary are also hoping to complete a twelve months species list for the orchid meadows above Elounda. |
Stinking inula Dittrichia viscosa.
One of only three species in flower at Almyros Wetlands in November 2011
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Community acts to protect Almyros wetlands
Wetlands, typically small ones on Crete, are under pressure, as everywhere around the Mediterranean. The wetlands of Almyros - a mixed freshwater and brackish wetland including a small lake created by a dam, a freshwater stream and sand dunes, situated next to a busy tourist development - provide a precious environment on Crete’s north coast to the east of the town of Aghios Nikolaos. |
