Red List of endangered species, plants, animals and fungi in Greece.

Red List GR

What is the Greek Red List

The Greek Red List of Endangered Species is an emblematic project for the protection and management of Greek nature.

Through this project, N.E.C.C.A. created a network of 140 Greek and foreign scientists, who assessed over 11,000 species of animals, plants and fungi and classified them in threat categories, with the cooperation and support of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Hellenic Zoological Society (HZS) and the Hellenic Botanical Society (HBS).

Amazing species

Today we can, protect more effectively the unique Greek biodiversity using this valuable tool.

KONSTANTINOS TRIANTIS

Chief Executive Officer of NECCA

Greek Red List devides species into 11 categories !

The evaluation of the risk of extinction of species based on the criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (International Union for Conservation of Nature – IUCN) can be done both at global and national level. The assessment of almost 3.000 Greece’s endemic species is done, de facto, at a global level, while non-endemic species are assessed at a national level.

Τhe Greek Red List includes the assessments of species.

of the assessed species are threatened.