The National Garden is Greece’s oldest botanical garden. The richness of its flora, combined with its location in the centre of Athens, make it a unique oasis of biodiversity. Its flora is unique and its wild fauna, although limited, is of particular importance as a long-standing isolated subset of the Attican fauna. Being one of the few extensive green areas within the urban fabric, it ranks among the so-called “urban islands” – places that have preserved their natural characteristics in modern metropolises. The importance of the National Garden, both as a historical monument and as a botanical garden, necessitates the recording of its flora and fauna, a task implemented by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and funded by Bodossaki Foundation, in an effort to preserve, record, upgrade and enrich the National Garden’s biodiversity.
Recording the flora and fauna of the National Garden
Grantee
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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