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Number of species assessed within each IUCN Red List category at the European level

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Number of species assessed within each IUCN Red List category at the European level

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Some of the species that appear in the IUCN List are:
Spermophilus citellus

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Spermophilus citellus 9, Siesel, Saxifraga-Mark Zekhuis

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Dinaromys bogdanovi

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Myomimus roachi

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Rana graeca

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Ursus arctos

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Canis aureus

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Caretta caretta

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Monachus monachus

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Canis lupus

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Lutra lutra

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Campanula asperuloides

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Colchicum peloponnesiacum

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Αstragalus drupaceus

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Leucojum aestivum

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Orobanche schultzioides

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Macrovipera schweizeri (endemic of the island of Milos)
It is threatened by illegal collection of animals

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Phasianus mongolicus, which is breeded and released by hunters, threatens the indigenous species  Phasianus colchicus.

The wild goldfish Carassius gibelio caused the collapse of endemic Pelasgus epiroticus.

Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea is spreading rapidly, covering large areas of mainly rocks, creating a dense net, down from which nothing can develop.

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Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation are the most significant threats at the European level to species that occur in Greece. For freshwater species, major threats include the over-extraction of water, which in many cases is further exacerbated by increasing droughts due to climate change, pollution and the introduction of alien species. Other major threats come from farming and ranching as a result of agricultural expansion and intensification, consumptive use of biological resources, urbanization and tourism.

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One of the most important impacts of climate change in Greece is the increase of fires in forests.

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Peloponnisos 2007
The summer of 2007 was characterized by uncontrolled wildfires in Greece. During the 2007 summer, the country was hit by three consecutive heat waves (46°C) which, along with the strong winds and the low relative humidity (9%), resulted in forest fires breaking out. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), Greece has experienced more wildfire activity during the summer of 2007 than other European countries have over the last decade (13). In total, over 8,933 fires have been recorded in the country following the third heat wave the country had experienced in that period (14). The mountainous southern peninsula of Peloponnesus was the worst affected region: 1,477 fires broke out in the Peloponnese region, burning 10,196 km2 of land, 6,633 km2 of which were protected forests and natural areas (14). The estimation for the cost of the damages for the 500,000 people affected was close to 3 billion euros according to European sources (15), while other moderate estimations have found it to be close to 2.2 billion US dollars (16). During the 2007 summer period, 68 people were killed, while another 2,094 people were injured (17). More than 100 villages and settlements were damaged; the burned forest and agricultural land constitutes about 2 % (190,836 ha) of the total area of Greece (9,11). The large burnt areas of 2007 fires season in Peloponnese Peninsula appear to be more sensitive to fuel availability and vegetation density than to vegetation dryness (23).