So, what is poaching and why it still exists since it is condemned by everyone? Who is threatened by this, and what is the relationship with the hunt? What is the role of Îανόχηνας, the most endangered aquatic bird of Europe with all of this? To these questions it attempts to answer the documentary “Breezy Flights”.
Premiere at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will be the documentary “Breezy Flights” of the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Hellenic Ornithological society for the paradoxical relationship between poaching, endangered bird species and the hunting, on the Weekend 12 and 13 March 2016.
The production of the documentary has been done in the framework of the campaign to tackle poaching, the important for the Îανόχηνα wetlands. Greece, which implements the european Program LIFE+ “Safeguarding the Î¦Î¹Î½Î½Î¿ÏƒÎºÎ±Î½Î´Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï population of Îανόχηνας in significant areas of wintering and parking along the European migration route”.
From the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean and from the Delta of the Ebro as far as the Lake of Kerkini, the documentary “Breezy flights” invites us to a journey of coexistence of birds and man in the wetlands of Northern Greece. In the winter thousands of aquatic birds are invading every inch of the wetlands in the North. And with them, the 30 remaining pairs Îανόχηνας, claim their own space with hunters, bird watchers and poachers.
With a background of the unique landscapes of the wetlands of Northern Greece, under the sounds of birds, wind and shots, we are looking for patrons of the wetlands in the winter, each of which tells its own story about the relationship with nature, the hunt, the protection of wildlife. By the ornithologists of the Arctic Circle, to the observers of birds in Lake Kerkini, the Forestry Officials and hunters in the Evros Delta, unfolds in various ways in the interest for the wild nature.
“The Ministry of Environment and Energy, by participating in this documentary, it shows sensitivity and concern for the protection of aquatic birds and the restriction of poaching. We know very well the peculiarities from region to region of the country, as well as the weaknesses of the system for monitoring and control of violations of forest and environmental law that occur in forest and wetland ecosystems. These difficulties impose the need for cooperation of the Forest Services with the Hunting and Environmental Organizations to limit these phenomena. The update of the inhabitants of the rural areas, the cooperation and the training of the operators involved in the storage of the wetlands is necessary and very important elements for the effectiveness of our joint effort,” says Nikos ΜπόκαÏης, Head of Department of Protection of Wild Fauna and Hunting of the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
“Highlighting the wonderful pictures of the Greek wetlands and the “cohabitation” of birds and people in them, we continue the dialogue, and the long effort to reclaim the right of wild nature to life. The Îανόχηνα is sounding the alarm on behalf of not only wild birds but also of the same wetland. We can only respond to”, expresses the Magnolia ΒουγιοÏκαλου, Coordinator of the LIFE+ Programme for the protection of the Îανόχηνας.
The screening of the documentary will be in the Hall Tonia Marketaki, the Warehouse D’, Port and hours: Saturday 12 March 2016 at 20:00 and Sunday 13 March 2016 at 13:00. For more information: Roula ΤÏίγκου, Colonel. Update Conservation Activities. Tel.: 210 8227937 & 210 8228704, ext.118 / e-mail: rtrigou@ornithologiki.gr
Duration: 42’
Writer – Director: Daphne Tolis
Camera – Audio – dept of photography: Fanis Karagiorgos
Editing – Sound Mixing: Chronis Theoharis
Executive Producer: Fanis Karagiorgos
In the Documentary involved (in order of appearance):
Thomas ΚιμπÏιτζής |Fisherman, Lake Kerkini
Kostas Papadopoulos | Coordinator Storage, Lake Kerkini Management Body
Nikos Gallios | Owner Of Guest House, Lake Kerkini
Steve Mills & Hilary Koll | Bird Watchers, BirdWING
Ingar Jostein Øien & Tomas Aarvak | Ornithologists, Norwegian Ornithological Society
Panayotis Ioannidis | Environmentalist, The Management Agency Of Evros Delta
Eleni Makrigianni | Environmentalist, Coordinator Of The Management Body Of Evros Delta
Magnolia ΒουγιοÏκαλου Coordinator | Agent. LIFE+ for Îανόχηνα, Hellenic Ornithological society
Nikos ΜπόκαÏης | Forester, Head of Department of Protection of Wild Fauna and Hunting – Ministry of Environment and Energy
Stratos Markopoulos | Resident Loutra Traianoupolis Evros
George Χιονάκης | Honorary Chairman Hunting Association of Sidirokastro and Region
Leonidas ΖανÎλης | Responsible Hunting, Forestry Department Of Alexandroupolis
Tasos Anastasiadis | Guardian – Supervisor, Management Agency Of Evros Delta
Savas Kazantzidis Export |Dr. Of biology, Forest Research Institute – ELGO ‘Dimitra’
Nikos Παπαδόδημας | President Hunting Confederation Of Greece
George Spyridakis |Forester, Group Storage, Lake Kerkini
Maria Γανωτή | President of the Association for the Protection & welfare of Wildlife, ANIMA
Panagiotis, Nikos, Takis, Βάσιας | Hunters to the huts of the Delta of Evros
Joachim Vassiliadis | Forester , Forest Research Institute – ELGO ‘Dimitra’
Source
Endangered bird species: the meeting and consensus of all relevant actors
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