ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Centaurea akamantis T.Georgiadis & Hadjik.

Original name of the species in the project

Centaurea akamantis T.Georgiadis & Hadjik.

Family

Asteraceae

Life form

Ch - Chamaephyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

CYP

Region

Area of action (km2)

0.173

Protected status of the action area (National)

II - National Park

Protected status of the action area (European)

Natura 2000

Land property (public or private)

Public

Habitat classification

H - Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats

Priority habitat

No

IUCN Global

CR

IUCN Europe

CR

IUCN National

NE

Name of the project

LIFE08 NAT/CY/000453 Establishment of a Plant Micro-reserve Network in Cyprus for the Conservation of Priority Species and Habitats - PLANT-NET CY

Geographic typology

National

Countries involved

1

First year of the project

2010

Duration (years)

3.5

Main Institution

Department of Environment of Republic of Cyprus

Category of main institution

Governmental

Additional Institution - Academic

2

Additional Institution - Governmental

1

Additional Institution - NGOs

2

Additional Institutions - Private

0

Funding typology

European Union

Funding source (public or private)

Public

Funding institution

European Union

Co-funding body

several

% of co-funding

30

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

1 547 297

Name of the funding programme

LIFE programme

Type of the action (In-situ or ex-situ)

Both

Prior knowledge on species biology

Yes

Preliminary conservation action(s) implemented by the same project or some other researchers

4 - Demography studies

7 - Genetic studies

9 - Designing conservation and management plans

13 - Fence erection

14 - Seed collection and seed bank establishment

Conservation actions

2 - Population size estimation

5 - Plant reinforcement

10 - Habitat protection

11 - Fence construction

Type of material

Juveniles

No. of transplantants per locality

160

Source population(s)

3 or more different populations

Monitoring duration

More than 5 years

Monitoring variables

Survival

Flowering

Recruited individuals

Seed collection for ex situ storage

Yes

No. of collected seeds

930

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

None

No. of mother plants

15-20

Ex situ storage conditions

Seeds stored in climate chambers

Climate chamber conditions - temperature

-20°C

Climate chamber conditions - humidity (%)

15

Ex situ cultivation

No

No. of cultivated plants

N/A

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

Survival

Action success

Yes

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Unknown

Website link

http://www.plantnet.org.cy/home.html

References to outputs

FINAL Report. 2013. Establishment of a Plant Micro-Reserve Network in Cyprus for the Conservation of Priority Species and Habitats (PLANT-NET CY)

Notes

Total budget of the project dedicated to several plant species.

Contributor

Constantinos Kounnamas

Contributor - contact

res.kc@frederick.ac.cy

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