ConservePlants Database

Species (currently accepted name)

Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl

Original name of the species in the project

Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl

Family

Oleaceae

Life form

P - Phanerophyte

Country (3-letters country ISO codes)

GRC

Region

Area of action (km2)

5138.46

Protected status of the action area (National)

IV - Habitat/Species Management Area

Protected status of the action area (European)

Natura 2000

Land property (public or private)

Public

Habitat classification

G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land

Priority habitat

Yes

IUCN Global

LC

IUCN Europe

LC

IUCN National

NE

Name of the project

LIFE17 NAT/GR/000511 Restoration, management and valorisation of PRIority habitats of MEDiterranean coastal areas - LIFE PRIMED

Geographic typology

Regional

Countries involved

2

First year of the project

2018

Duration (years)

6

Main Institution

Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature

Category of main institution

NGO

Additional Institution - Academic

2

Additional Institution - Governmental

2

Additional Institution - NGOs

0

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

25

Total Amount of funding (Euros)

2 136 775

Name of the funding programme

LIFE programme

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

In-situ

Prior knowledge on species biology

Yes

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

2 - Determining species distribution

3 - Population size estimation

4 - Demography studies

5 - Species biology and ecological studies

6 - Identify habitat suitability

8 - Identification of populations under threat

Conservation actions

8 - Removal of competitive invasive species

Type of material

N/A

No. of transplantants per locality

N/A

Source population(s)

N/A

Monitoring duration

Up to 3 years

Monitoring variables

Restriction of alien species in sampling plots

Seed collection for ex situ storage

No

No. of collected seeds

N/A

Other plant parts collected for ex situ conservation

N/A

No. of mother plants

N/A

Ex situ storage conditions

N/A

Climate chamber conditions - temperature

N/A

Climate chamber conditions - humidity (%)

N/A

Ex situ cultivation

N/A

No. of cultivated plants

N/A

Success criteria defined

Yes

Success criteria used

Restriction of alien species in sampling plots

Action success

Unknown

Action outcome (Natural recruitment observed or not)

Unknown

Website link

https://www.lifeprimed.eu/en/

References to outputs

0

Notes

Project targeting the habitat type 91E0, among others. Total budget of the project dedicated to various actions and priority habitat types. Removal of alien species was recently implemented and there are no results yet. More conservation activities like ex situ storage, cultivation of plants and reinforcement of the species population are planned in the comming months.

Contributor

Katerina Koutsovoulou

Contributor - contact

kkoutsovoulou@gmail.com

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