Demetres Karavellas
Demetres Karavellas is the general director of WWF Greece, an environmental organization dedicated to the conservation of nature and biodiversity. He has been actively involved in raising awareness about the environmental threats posed by unchecked tourism and development in Greece's island archipelagos. Karavellas has highlighted the urgent need for proactive planning and regulation to protect the unique landscapes and cultural identities of these regions from the detrimental effects of overdevelopment.
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Demetres Karavellas, the general director of WWF Greece, told the Guardian 'the very identity' of the nation’s island archipelagoes was at risk of being lost if overdevelopment and other byproducts of unrestricted tourism were not brought under control.
Relief for campaigners as five-star hotel on Milos’s famous ‘moon beach’ halted | Greece
United Kingdom· 2025-09-12
