For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and
for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
• 2. SITE LOCATION
• 3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
• 4. SITE DESCRIPTION
• 5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS
• 6. SITE MANAGEMENT
• 7. MAP OF THE SITE

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION

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1.1 Type

B

1.2 Site code

GR4210004

1.3 Site name

KASTELLORIZO KAI NISIDES RO KAI STRONGYLI KAI PARAKTIA THALASSIA ZONI

1.4 First Compilation date

1995-03

1.5 Update date

2020-07

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:	Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας
Address:
Email:

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site proposed as SCI:	1996-08
Date site confirmed as SCI:	2006-09
Date site designated as SAC:	2011-03
National legal reference of SAC designation:	Law 3937/29-3-11 (OJ 60 A)

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:	29.584480
Latitude:	36.144729

2.2 Area [ha]

1816.3616

2.3 Marine area [%]

34.8500

2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):

No information provided

2.5 Administrative region code and name

NUTS level 2 code	Region Name
GR42	Notio Aigaio

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Mediterranean

(0.00 %)

Marine Mediterranean

(0.00 %)

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them

Annex I Habitat types						Site assessment
Code	PF	NP	Cover [ha]	Cave [number]	Data quality	A|B|C|D	A|B|C
						Representativity	Relative Surface	Conservation	Global
1110			5.48589	0.00	P	C	C	A	B
1120	X		246.688	0.00	P	A	C	A	B
1170			88.836	0.00	P	A	C	C	C
1240			1.54454	0.00	G	B	C	A	B
1310			0.00774088	0.00	G	B	C	B	B
1430			0.567404	0.00	G	C	C	A	B
3170	X		0.0468642	0.00	G	A	C	C	C
3290			0	0.00	G
5330			428.35	0.00	G	A	B	A	B
5420			445.936	0.00	G	A	C	B	B
8210			8.70697	0.00	G	B	C	A	B
8330			1.76964	0.00	P	A	C	A	A
92D0			0.0558831	0.00	G	C	C	C	C
9320			104.321	0.00	G	A	C	B	B

• PF: for the habitat types that can have a non-priority as well as a priority form (6210, 7130, 9430) enter "X" in the column PF to indicate the priority form.
• NP: in case that a habitat type no longer exists in the site enter: x (optional)
• Cover: decimal values can be entered
• Caves: for habitat types 8310, 8330 (caves) enter the number of caves if estimated surface is not available.
• Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation)

3.2 Species referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site evaluation for them

Species					Population in the site						Site assessment
G	Code	Scientific Name	S	NP	T	Size		Unit	Cat.	D.qual.	A|B|C|D	A|B|C
						Min	Max				Pop.	Con.	Iso.	Glo.
R	1227	Chelonia mydas			p				P	DD
P	4082	Crepis pusilla			p	5	5	grids1x1	P	P	B	B	C	B
P	4082	Crepis pusilla							P
A	1176	Mertensiella luschani			p	1001	10000	i	C	G	A	A	B	A
P	1440	Polygonum praelongum			p	330	340	i	C	G	A	B	C	A
M	4002	Rousettus aegyptiacus				3	3	i		M	D

• Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, I = Invertebrates, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
• S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
• NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
• Type: p = permanent, r = reproducing, c = concentration, w = wintering (for plant and non-migratory species use permanent)
• Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the Standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting (see reference portal)
• Abundance categories (Cat.): C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present - to fill if data are deficient (DD) or in addition to population size information
• Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation); VP = 'Very poor' (use this category only, if not even a rough estimation of the population size can be made, in this case the fields for population size can remain empty, but the field "Abundance categories" has to be filled in)

3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)

Species					Population in the site				Motivation
Group	CODE	Scientific Name	S	NP	Size		Unit	Cat.	Species Annex		Other categories
					Min	Max		C|R|V|P	IV	V	A	B	C	D
R	1276	Ablepharus kitaibelii						P					X
R	1276	Ablepharus kitaibelii						P			X
R	1276	Ablepharus kitaibelii						P	X
R	2443	Blanus strauchi						C					X
R	2443	Blanus strauchi						C			X
A	6997	Bufotes viridis						C	X
A	6997	Bufotes viridis						C			X
A	6997	Bufotes viridis						C					X
P		Campanula hagielia						P						X
R	1282	Eirenis modesta						C	X
R	1282	Eirenis modesta						C					X
R	1282	Eirenis modesta						C			X
P		Euphorbia hierosolymitana						P						X
P		Ferula tingitana						P						X
P		Galanthus nivalis ssp. nivalis						P						X
R		Hemidactylus turcicus						C					X
R		Hemidactylus turcicus						C			X
R	6153	Hemorrhois nummifer						R			X
R	6153	Hemorrhois nummifer						R					X
P		Isatis lusitanica						P						X
R	6139	Laudakia stellio						C					X
R	6139	Laudakia stellio						C			X
R	6958	Mediodactylus kotschyi						P	X
R	6958	Mediodactylus kotschyi						P			X
R	6958	Mediodactylus kotschyi						P					X
R	1271	Ophiomorus punctatissimus						R	X
R	1271	Ophiomorus punctatissimus						R			X
R	1271	Ophiomorus punctatissimus						R					X
P		Veronica stamatiadae						P						X

• Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, Fu = Fungi, I = Invertebrates, L = Lichens, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
• CODE: for Birds, Annex IV and V species the code as provided in the reference portal should be used in addition to the scientific name
• S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
• NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
• Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting, (see reference portal)
• Cat.: Abundance categories: C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present
• Motivation categories: IV, V: Annex Species (Habitats Directive), A: National Red List data; B: Endemics; C: International Conventions; D: other reasons

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

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4.1 General site character

Habitat class	% Cover
N01	33.85
N05	0.10
N06	0.09
N08	36.07
N15	3.17
N16	7.81
N18	16.71
N22	0.70
N23	1.50
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

This site includes the island of Kastellorizo (or Megisti) and the smaller islands of Ro and Strongyli. The marine part covers 16% of the site.Very few people live on the two small islands. The island Kastellorizo has now a resident population of less than two hundred people. The village was, at the beginning of the century, a town with many thousands of people (it reached up to 14.000). Even now, during the summer the population is much greater. The men who are live on the island now, live on tourism, animal breeding or fishing and there are very few and small cultivations.The island is rocky with hills, covered by phrygana and maquis. At some areas the slopes are covered with pioneer vegetation with Sedum spp. (habitat type 8230). The inland water bodies cover a very small area. In the marine part of the site there are posidonia beds and sublittoral rocky seabeds.Many buildings and other human constructions on Kastellorizo have an architectural interest. There are stone constructions built during the Arabs' pass from the island as water tanks. There are also houses dated from the ninenteenth and from the first decades of the twentieth century very beautyful and complex architectural decoration.The small island of Strongyli is the eastermost point of Europe.

4.2 Quality and importance

The islands Kastellorizo, Ro and Strogyli, the easternmost border of Europe, close to the Asian coast, are, regarding their flora and fauna, of great ecological and scientific interest. At the rocky coasts and the marine caves one can often observe the monk seal Monachus monachus. This is one of the few sites of this species in EEC. T From the floristic point of view, the islands’ importance is evident in the endemic or stenoendemic species, and in the rare or isolated species with wider distribution, but for which the three islands are the only sites they are found in Greece or in Europe. However, floristic data are scarce and further studies are needed. Finally, many buildings and other human constructions on Kastellorizo have architectural interest.OTHER IMPORTANT SPECIES WITH MOTIVATION D The snail is protected by the Greek Law (Presidential Decree 67/81); also the island is not only the only site of its distribution in the EEC, but the only part in the world where this snail is abundant (it is rare on the opposite turkish coasts). The reptiles Cyrtodactylus kotschyi, Hemidactylus turcicus are protected by the Greek Law (Presidential Decree 67/81). The following plant species are included in the IUCN Red Data List in the category of threatened plants: Ballota grandulosissima, Silene leptoclada, Eryngium falcatum, are characterized as «Rare» in Greece (1993) and in Europe (1988), while their World status is unknown; Veronica stamatiadae is characterized as «Vulnerable» in Greece (1993) and in Europe (1988), while its World status is unknown and it is also included in the Corine checklist of threatened plants.The following species are protected by the Greek Law (Presidential Decree 67/81) and are included in the IUCN Red Data List (1993) in the category of threatened plants:

4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site

The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site

4.4 Ownership (optional)

No information provided

4.5 Documentation (optional)

No information provided

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

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5.1 Designation types at national and regional level (optional):

Code	Cover [%]
GR95	8.36

5.2 Relation of the described site with other sites (optional):

Designated at national or regional level:

Type code	Site name	Type	Cover [%]
GR95	Nisides Chondros, Marmaras, Gialesinos kai Kouloundros tis Symis.... klp.	*	8.36

5.3 Site designation (optional)

No information provided

6. SITE MANAGEMENT

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6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:

Organisation:	FOREST SERVICE OF RODOS
Address:
Email:

6.2 Management Plan(s):

An actual management plan does exist:

	Yes
	No, but in preparation
X	No

6.3 Conservation measures (optional)

No information provided

 

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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