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The present paper aims to investigate the opening up of the forest complex Maries -Limenaria of the island of Thassos in Greece and its environmental impacts. Firstthe study of the conditions of the forest road network of the mountain forestcomplex of Maries-Limenaria was done, then the assessment of the environmentalimpacts of the opening up of the above-mentioned complex, by investigating theintensity of the above impacts on the natural environment and the ability of theforest ecosystem to absorb these impacts o...

Forest fires consist a continuous threat for Greece and Mediterranean countries and one of the most serious environmental hazards. Nowadays, the perspective of forest opening up as being an important preventive measure of forest protection, which is a basic pillar of a multipurpose forestry system of the Greek Mediterranean mountains, is gaining ground. The public forest complex in the region of Vria - Ritini of the Pieria Prefecture has been selected as the research area. The present investigation seeks to captur...

Aim of this paper is the usage of metadata satellite images to accomplish an atmospheric and topographical correction of these images. The atmospheric correction is since there are particles in the atmosphere that scatter solar radiation, so that the receiver records together with the reflected radiation from the target and the result from the scattering in the atmosphere, with the result that the target in the image is brighter than it is. There are several ways to estimate the atmospheric correction, the most im...