Study site description: Crete, Greece

Table of Contents

1. Responsible partner
2. General Information
3. Bio-physical description
4. Socio-economic description
5. Institutional and political setting
   1. Existing institutions involved in natural resource management and desertification
   2. Existing civil societies and traditional organisations
   3. Existing laws and policies for land and water resource management
   4. Extension and training (availability and adequacy)
6. Relevant end-users/stakeholder groups
7. Past and on-going projects
8. Bibliography

Existing civil societies and traditional organisations

There several local civil societies in Crete working on protection of the environment. Such societies are the following:

• Ecological Initiative of Chania
• Cretan Network of Environmental Organization
• Environmental Association of Rethymnon
• Ecological Group of Ierapetra
• Ecological Group of Sitia
• Environmental-Ecological Association of Malia "River"
• Company for Protection of White Mountains " The Madara"
• Association for Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources and Resolution of Energy problem in Crete
• Ecological Initiative of Mountainous Municipality of "Makris Gialos"
• Ecological intervention of Heraclion
• Ecological Initiative of Foinikas Municipality
• Environmental Association of Itanos Municipality
• Environmental Association of Vianos Municipality
• Association for Protection o f the Environment and the traditional villages of Hersonisos
• Environmental Group of University of Crete.