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Home |  LIFE NATURA THEMIS |  About the program

Themis in mythology is a Titan gifted with a legislative power. As child of Uranus and Gaia, Themis is meant to be the protector of law on sky and earth punishing any infringement thereon.

Contractor of the project is the University of Crete - Natural History Museum of Crete and the partners are, SYGAPEZ, the Greek Nature Protection Society (EEPF), the Bar Association of Chania as well as the Heraklion Bar Association. The need to implement the aforesaid project arose after finding that prosecutors and interrogative authorities are not familiar with the competencies and the protection status of the protected areas.

Among the key objectives of LIFE NATURA THEMIS project are:
 

• Awareness on the part of authorities that environmental crime is a separate criminal law field and there is individual responsibility for preventing and remedying environmental damage

• The skills cultivation of interrogative clerks in preventing and effectively prosecuting environmental crime and taking on the best possible compensation for damage to the environment.

• The documentation that the correct application of environmental law promotes local development and social cohesion and ensures the sound use of environmental resources.

• The NATURA 2000 sites inhabitants information about illegal activity in their areas, affecting local development, social cohesion and economic progress.

The realization of these objectives is based on the primary material first time gathered in cooperation with the competent authorities, by the two observatories of Environmental Crime. The material is publicly available, on the official website of the project. The environmental crime map and the interrogation authorities’ guides are intended to facilitate the planning and the conducting of criminal prosecution.

 

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Εnvironmental crime map

Τhe geoinformation map posts the prosecuting cases of crimes against species of wild fauna and flora known in NATURA 2000 areas.

© Copyright NHMC 2016.© Copyright NHMC 2016. The LIFE14/GIE/GR/000026 project is funded at a percentage of 60% from the LIFE financial instrument “Environmental Governance & Information” of the European Commission. With the contribution of the Green Fund.
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    Address:  Knossou Avenue, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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     Phone: (+30) 2810 393265, Fax: (+30) 2810 393294

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    Email: themis@nhmc.uoc.gr

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    Website: www.lifethemis.eu

West Crete Observatory

Iroon Polytechniou 43, 73132 Chania
Maniadaki Maria, Chania Bar Association
tel. (+30) 28210 41179, fax. (+30) 28210 41189
observatorywestcrete@gmail.com

East Crete Observatory

Theotokopoulou 28, 71202 Heraklion
Sbokos Giorgos, Heraklion Bar Association,
tel. / fax. (+30) 2814 007442,
sbokos@nhmc.uoc.gr

Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete
Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete
Coordinator
Chania Bar Association
Chania Bar Association
Partner
Heraklion Bar Association
Heraklion Bar Association
Partner
Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HPSN)
Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HPSN)
Partner
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Partner