LIFE - KEDROS - Did you know that?

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Theophrastus (father of Botany, 371 - 287 BC) was the first to mention the occurrence of cedar in Cyprus.
Cedrus brevifolia is one of the four cedar species in the world.
Cedrus brevifolia is classified as a Vulnerable species in the IUCN Red List and the Red Data Book of the Flora of Cyprus.
The habitat type that Cedrus brevifolia shapes is defined by the European Habitat Directive as "9590* Cedrus brevifolia forests (Cedrosetum brevifoliae)" and is included in the Annex I of the Directive, where it is characterised as priority habitat.
The habitat type 9590* (Cedrus brevifolia) is an endemic habitat of Cyprus, occurring only in Cyprus and nowhere else in the world.
The habitat "9590* Cedrus brevifolia forests (Cedrosetum brevifoliae)" occurs only in Pafos Forest, in an area of 290 ha (2.9 Km2), constituting less than 0.2% of the high forest vegetation in Cyprus.

The Site Κoilada Kedron - Kampos

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The site "Koilada Kedron - Kampos" is one of the approximately 27.400 sites of Natura 2000 network currently existing in the European Union.
Natura 2000 is the largest network of protected areas in the world, stretching 18 % of the European Union's land area and almost 6 % of its marine territory.
The E4 European long distance path (or E4 path), which starts from Gibraltar, crosses nine EU countries and ends in Cyprus, also crosses the site "Koilada Kedron - Kampos".
The site "Koilada Kedron - Kampos" is the only site in the world where visitors can observe unique natural elements endemic to Cyprus, such as the plant species: *Arabis kennedyae, Erysimum kykkoticum, Ranunculus kykkoensis, Arabis cypria, the endemic animals: Ovis orientalis ophion, Otus scops cyprius, Periparus ater cypriotes, Phoenicolacerta troodica, Hemiechinus auritus dorotheae and Garrulus glandarius glaszneri, as well as the endemic habitat types 9590* Cedrus brevifolia forests and 9390* Scrub and low forest vegetation of Quercus alnifolia.