Some amphibians and reptiles with ecological interest are Laurel Elaphe quatuorlineata,Elaphe situla,Mauremys caspica Linear Watermelon,Watermelon Stytic Emys orbicularis

There have been recorded 700 plant species and at least 7 endemic species and thus the region is considered one of the endemic centers in Aegean sea. The unapproachable precipices and the low mediterranean vegetation offers refuge to rare plants and a rich herpetofauna (reptiles or reptile life especially of a particular region) that includes 27 reptile species and 6 amphibian species.
Even richer is the bird-fauna, with 211 species observed, from which 69 species nest in the region.

 
Some of Valuable Amphibians-Reptiles in this area are the following:
 
bufo bufo
Chalcides ocellatus ocellatus
Elaphe quatuorlineata quatuorlineata
Emys orbicularis
Hyla arborea arborea
Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus
Mauremys caspica rivulata
Ophisaurus apodus thracius
Podarcis erhardii amorgensis
Testudo hermanni hermanni
Vipera ammodytes meridionalis 

The common toad, European toad, or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is an amphibian found throughout most of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, Iceland, and some Mediterranean islands), in the western part of North Asia, and in a small portion of Northwest Africa. It is one of a group of closely related animals that are descended from a common ancestral line of toads and which form a species complex. The toad is an inconspicuous animal as it usually lies hidden during the day. It becomes active at dusk and spends the night hunting for the invertebrates on which it feeds. It moves with a slow, ungainly walk or short jumps, and has greyish-brown skin covered with wart-like lumps.

It especially can be found in a wide variety of environments, such as farmland and gravel deserts around the Mediterranean coasthttp://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Chalcides&species=ocellatus)

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Nickel deposits are documented at "Larco Euboea Mines." Nickel is present at a grade sufficient to have a strong effect on the economics of an excavation project. It may even be viable as the only commodity mined.

At the time this deposit was surveyed, there was a production. Mining opporations could be year-round, intermittent, or seasonal. A surface operation is at this site or proposed for it. Strip Hillside was the predominant mining method used at "Larco Euboea Mines". Production at "Larco Euboea Mines" began in 1969.

 

16/11/2017

The Ministry of Environment and Energy is putting a public consultation on Monday 13 November 2017 on a new draft law on the operation of Protected Areas Management Bodies.

In a public consultation the new bill on protected areas and in Evia

As stated by the Ministry of the Environment, the main objective of the draft law is to "strengthen the institutional framework for the management of protected areas through the establishment of Protected Areas Management Organizations (IBPs), to preserve biodiversity, protect national natural capital in terms of sustainable development and the strengthening of the local product ". 

According to the Ministry of the Environment , this draft law provides for the coverage of all areas of the Natura 2000 network in the country (100% / 446 areas), while 116 of the 419 Natura 2000 sites (27 , 7%).

This will be feasible, according to the Ministry of the Environment, on the one hand, with the expansion of the liability areas of the existing FABs and, on the other, with the establishment of seven young people. 

Since the 2nd Regional Development Conference of Sterea Hellas, Prime Minister Mr. Tsipras has pledged to protect the habitats and wetlands of Sterea Hellas by establishing Managing Authorities.

The proposal of the SYRIZA Prefecture of Euboea will be to extend the protection to the wetlands around the city of Chalkis: Livadi (Kloborvretis), Glyfa, Alykes Kopana, the delta of Lilanda.