SPA Summit of mount Koziakas

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Summit of mount Koziakas (GR1440006)
National Name: Korufes orous Koziaka

Location

Mount Kerketio (Koziakas) is located at the east borders of central Pindos, stretching from Kalampaka to the town Pili outside Trikala.

Landscape and biodiversity

The mountain ridge is rocky with low and sparse vegetation and is covered by thin coniferous forests, grasslands and shrubland.

Significance
It is an important site for breeding raptors and species associated with forest. The area hosted a Gyps fulvus colony until the mid ’90s. Other important species: Falco biarmicus, Falco peregrinus, Milvus migrans, Neophron percnopterus, Circaetus gallicus, Aquila chrysaetos, Ciconia nigra.

Livelihood
Human activities include livestock breeding, agriculture and tourism.

Threats

The main threats for the area’s species include the illegal use of poisoned baits which poses a serious threat for scavenging raptors, and road construction which in the past resulted in the abandonment of the Gyps fulvus colony as well as in the significant decline of Neophron percnopterus in the area. Intensive forest management (clear-cutting, removal of mature and dead trees) doesn’t benefit the conservation of species associated with forest.

Conservation status
•    SPA: GR1440006 Koryfes Orous Koziaka (19,726 ha, 96 %)
•    SCI: GR1440002 Kerketio Oros (Koziakas) (50,431 ha, 98 %)
•    CHA: Koziakas (51,864 ha, 97 %)