பைசாண்டினிய பேரரசர் பசில் நான் மட்டுமே பயன்படுத்துவேன் உள்ள மவுண்ட் அதோஸ் தீபகற்பத்தில் நுழைவாயிலில் வலது கொண்டு துறவிகள் அளித்திருந்தது 885 A.D. அவர்கள் ஒரு மலர்ச்சியடையும் மத சமூகம் கட்டப்பட்ட பராமரிக்கப்பட்டும் எப்போதும் சுற்றுச்சூழல் பாதுகாக்கும். அவர்களுடைய மேலாண்மை முக்கியமாக மர நடைமுறைகள் நுழைவு கட்டுப்படுத்தும் மற்றும் ஒழுங்குபடுத்தும் கொண்டுள்ளது. The peninsula is officially recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and as a Natura 2000 site, but both designations were not set up with consultation of the monks. Nonetheless, உள்ள 1926 the Greek constitution recognised the monks as fully responsible for management of the site.
There are in total twenty monasteries in the site of the Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The monks attribute spiritual importance to the mountain’s ecosystem and they see protecting it as their divine purpose. The monasteries are also self-sufficient in their energy needs and they produce some of their own food and herbal medicine. The autonomous monasteries work to protect the nature guided by a cooperation called the Holy Community.
This monastery is set against a backdrop of a hill including Holm and Hungarian Oak forests. Those forests are not only ecologically important, but also foresee in much needed building materials and economic income for the monastic communities on Mt. அதோஸ்
The monks work together with scientists to gain knowledge about site-specific ecosystem threats such as wildfires and soil deprivation. உதாரணமாக: ecological studies inform the monks about which tree species trees to fell and how to diminish fire risks. This active disposition and continuing commitment of the monks to protect the area shows potential for further cooperation with other international actors, such as UNESCO and IUCN.
திரு. Thymio Papayannis has been an advisor on conservation management to the Holy Community and together with திரு. Josep-Maria Mallarch coordinates the டேலோஸ் முனைப்பு who held its second workshop on the management of scared natural sites at Mt. அதோஸ். For more details about the history of the site or results from the ecological studies see our website.
மூலம்: Rianne Doller
