Dadia

The cinereous vulture is back at the Dadia forest in northeastern Greece. So are other big birds, such as the golden and white-tailed eagles.

The forest was devastated in August and September 2023 by a wildfire that burned about 73,000 hectares (730 square kilometers or 282 square miles). About half the forest area is estimated to have been burned.

A record number of animals, most of them wild, were found dead in the northeastern border region of Evros, a local environmental group said on Tuesday, adding that their death was the result of poisoned baits.

A group of high-school students in Soufli, northern Greece, have made a short documentary about last summer's catastrophic fires in Dadia Forest, an important Natura-protected habit in the region of Evros, in northeastern Greece, examining its impact.

Scientists with the Natural Environment & Climate Change Agency (NECCA) install, for the first time in Greece, 15 artificial nests for the endangered Black vultures of the fire-ravaged Dadia forest in northern Greece. The initiative coincides with the vulture's breeding season, which starts in January. The question now is whether the birds will take to the new nests.

At first, the shot is carefully balanced, focused on the face and the space, just enough to reveal a potential prime-ministerial profile.

The painful sight of Dadia forest in the Evros region in Greece has been destroyed by one of the largest wildfires in recent years in Europe. Experts worry over the ecosystem's survival.

The wildfire in Evros, in northeastern Greece, where firefighting efforts continue for the 17th consecutive day, is abating on Monday.

As reported by the public broadcaster ERT, there hasn't been an active front since late Sunday; nevertheless, over 93,000 hectares have been reduced to ashes.

The executive director of Greenpeace Greece, Nikos Charalambides, has commented on the ecological disaster caused by the massive fire in the Dadia forest in Evros, where crews were working for a 17th day to fully suppress the fire Monday, stating that it is premature to offer a "calm assessment" of the destruction.

On the 16th day of the wildfires in Evros, the primary wildfire front was located south of the village of Soufli, between Leukimis and Provatonas, according to Greek Fire Service spokesperson Ioannis Artopios. 

On Sunday morning he explained on the Greek state broadcaster ERT that the efforts are concentrated in the area south of Dadia forest. 

A group of twenty-five individuals, believed to be undocumented migrants, was discovered in the burning forest of Dadia in Greece's northeastern region near the Turkish border, where a wildfire has been raging for the 14th consecutive day.