@article {3454,
	title = {The political culture of poaching: a case study from northern Greece},
	journal = {Biodiversity and ConservationBiodiversity and ConservationBiodiversity and Conservation},
	volume = {16},
	number = {2},
	year = {2007},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 133PPTimes Cited: 8Cited Reference Count: 41},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {399-418},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Poaching has deep social and cultural roots and its meanings are multi-layered. This article explores the meanings attached to the practice of illegal hunting and fishing around Lake Kerkini in northern Greece. Here poaching must be considered in the context of a disordered ecosystem, where the dominance of locally maligned fish and bird species results from economic and environmental policy designed to benefit distant farmers. We conclude that poaching cannot be understood only as an individual action, but as one where collective and personal identities are defended in the face of seemingly irrevocable economic and social decline. The discussion shows that poachers identify different kinds of poaching. Some of the most apparent forms of poaching, done by local inhabitants, may be less damaging than other commercially oriented forms, including by outsiders. Poaching is motivated through a complex mix of factors. Our data lead us to discuss two manifestations of poaching (a) poaching as a form of collective resistance; and (b) poaching as a violation of culturally valued types of human-nature interaction. Some people who admit undertaking what they perceive as least detrimental forms of poaching are antagonistic towards what they construe to be truly harmful forms. Such people appear willing to act and to support actions against types of poaching they agree to be threatening. This is a message with potential importance for environmental management strategy.},
	keywords = {biodiversity, conservation, culture, fisheries, fishing, game, Greece, hunting, livelihoods, local, management, model, MOTIVATIONS, poaching, wetlands, wildlife},
	isbn = {0960-3115},
	author = {Bell, S. and Hampshire, K. and Topalidou, S.}
}
@conference {2025,
	title = {Active Conservation Interventions in Favour of Breeding and Migratory Avifauna in the Wetlands of Strofylia - Kotychi, a RAMSAR Site},
	booktitle = {10th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions},
	year = {2006},
	month = {26-30 June},
	publisher = {Hellenic Zoological Society, Hellenic Ornithological Society, Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development, Section of Animal Biology (Dept. Of Biology, Univ. of Patras)},
	organization = {Hellenic Zoological Society, Hellenic Ornithological Society, Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development, Section of Animal Biology (Dept. Of Biology, Univ. of Patras)},
	address = {Patras},
	keywords = {avifauna, birds, breeding, conservation, interventions, Kotychi, migratory, RAMSAR, Strofylia, wetlands, αναπαραγωγή, διατήρηση, κοτύχια, μεταναστευτικά, Ορνιθοπανίδα, παρεμβάσεις, πτηνά, Στροφυλιά, υγροβιότοποι},
	author = {Kardakari, N and Latsoudis, P and Papandropoulos, D and Rigas, Y}
}
