Study site description: Crete, Greece

Table of Contents

1. Responsible partner
2. General Information
3. Bio-physical description
4. Socio-economic description
   1. Population density and structure
   2. Education level
   3. Level and source(s) of income main stakeholder groups
   4. Major livelihood supports available from the resource base listed above
   5. Impacts of land degradation on the livelihood of people and what groups are most affected
   6. Major challenges of existing land resource management
   7. Major drivers of main land degradation processes
5. Institutional and political setting
6. Relevant end-users/stakeholder groups
7. Past and on-going projects
8. Bibliography

Level and source(s) of income main stakeholder groups

Based on the Greek Statistical Service, 21.7% of the Cretan population is working in the primary sector (agriculture and fishery). The rest of population (78.3%) is working on industry, local administration, service, tourism, etc. Parallel employment in agriculture and tourism business is very common especially in rural areas close to the seashore. Income of people leaving mainly in the upper hilly or mountainous areas comes totally from agriculture or husbandry. Rural people leaving close to the seashore have more than 65% of income form the primary sector, while the rest is coming from tourism.