Signing of the programme contract for the project Biodiversity in Archaeological Sites – BIAS II

A caller programmatic statement has been signed betwixt the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Environment and Energy, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the National Hellenic Research Foundation, and the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (OFYPEKA) for the implementation of the probe task “Biodiversity successful Archaeological Sites – BIAS II.”

The purpose of the statement is to support biodiversity portion besides showcasing Greece’s taste heritage. It follows the palmy “BIAS I” project, which highlighted the relation of archaeological sites successful biodiversity preservation, signaling much than 10,460 taxon of flora and fauna successful 20 iconic sites, galore of which are portion of the UNESCO World Heritage database oregon the Natura 2000 network.

BIAS II expands this globally innovative attack to 35 archaeological sites crossed Greece. It combines ecological tract probe with the survey of historical, archaeological, and literate sources to research however biodiversity has evolved implicit clip and its heavy transportation with quality society.

The technological quality of the task is based connected interdisciplinary research, drafting from biology, archaeology, history, and biology studies, and utilizing a wide scope of sources from past texts and inscriptions to archaeological data. The extremity is to representation the dynamic narration betwixt the earthy environment, climate, micro-ecosystems, and quality activity.

This attack is expected to make caller technological insights and go a invaluable instrumentality for the preservation and promotion of some taste and earthy heritage. It volition besides heighten visitant acquisition astatine archaeological sites and enactment section communities done sustainable biology management.

The task volition beryllium implemented by the Department of Biology astatine the University of Athens and the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation, with the enactment of the participating ministries and OFYPEKA.

In a statement, the Rector of the University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, emphasized the value of the initiative, noting that it demonstrates however monuments and their earthy situation signifier a unified and surviving ecosystem. He underlined the university’s committedness to producing caller knowledge, supporting sustainable biology practices, and sharing results with society.