Alternate Environment Minister Yiannis Tsironis met with environmental and conservation groups in Greece to discuss ways to preserve protected environments.

He said that a meeting with the Finance Ministry is forthcoming as Greece cannot be the only country that doesn’t spend even a euro to protect its massive natural wealth.

During the meeting, Tsironis noted that only 30% of Natura areas currently have a management body and that EU funds are drying up for those that already exist.

Representatives present during the meeting were WWF, Arcturus, Anima Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and Culture Heritage, the Hellenic Ornithological Society, Prespes Protection Society, the Mediterranean SOS Network and several others.