Description: The site is located in NW Peloponnisos and occupies a coastal zone of about 22 km in length and with an average width of 1500 m. It is a compound coastal ecosystem, that includes the lagoons of Prokopos and Kalogria (or Pappas), the Lamia marshes, as well as the forest of Strofilia. Most of the area studied lies on sand-dune formations, while an area of about 1200 ha (c.16%), the hill Mavra Vouna, a small area near the place Kounoupeli and a small area to the east of the Kalogria lagoon are all composed of hard limestone. Behind the dunes nearly all the eastern part of the area is covered with clay deposits with depths of a few centimetres to more than 2 m. The soil of the seashore consists of unconnected single-grained medium and fine sized sand with a very small amount of silt. The material is rich in calcium. The soils in the Pinus halepensis forest have a sandy to loamy-sand texture with 4-16% of silt plus clay with a humus rich surface layer. Typical characteristics of these soils are their high pH (7.5-8.3) and their high content of free calcium and other carbonates (up to 40%). The soils of the Pinus pinea and Quercus macrolepis zone show two horizons. This site presents a large variety of biotopes and vegetation types such as: forests, sandy beaches and dunes, salt and freshwater wetlands and wet meadows, hydrophilous natural hedges and bushes, phrygana as well as nitrophilous vegetation. The forest consists mainly of Pinus halepensis, P. pinea and Quercus macrolepis. We observe a successional pattern of the main vegetation types starting with Juniperus phoenicea in the outer zone towards the sea, continuing with Pinus halepensis and P. pinea and terminates with Quercus macrolepis in the inner zone. Bushes with Pistacia lentiscus, Myrtus communis, Quercus coccifera, Juniperus phoenicea, Erica manipuliflora etc., occupy a significant area of the forest as well as the surrounding hills.

Habitat Types: Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, Lagoons, Annual vegetation of drift lines, Vegetated sea cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts (with endemic Limonium spp.), Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand, Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi), Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Arthrocnemetalia fructicosae), Salt steppes (Limonietalia), Embryonic shifting dunes, Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria, Mediterranean temporary ponds, Juniperus phoenicea arborescent matorral, Diss-dominated garrigues, Aegean phrygana (Sarcopoterium spinosum), Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals (Thero-Brachypodietea), Thermo-Mediterranean riparian galleries (Nerio- Tamariceteae) and south-west Iberian Peninsula riparian galleries (Securinegion tinctoriae), Quercus macrolepis forests, Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines.

Plant Species: Centaurea niederi.

Animal Species: Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum, Myotis blythi, Lutra lutra, Testudo hermanni, Testudo marginata, Emys orbicularis, Mauremys caspica, Caretta caretta, Elaphe quatuorlineata, Elaphe situla, Aphanius fasciatus, Valencia hispanica.

Other important species:	-Flora: 1B, 7D
	-Fauna: 4A, 1B, 24C

Impacts/Activities:	-Positive: 163 (IN)
	-Neutral: -
	-Negative: 100, 120, 140, 165, 167, 200, 230, 243, 300, 505, 610, 623, 701, 710, 720 (IN)

Protection Status:	-National and Regional level: -
	-International level: Ramsar Convention site, IBA

Significance: The forest ecosystem of Strofilia is of great ecological interest because it is the most extensive Pinus pinea forest in Greece and one of the biggest in Europe. The non-forest ecosystems such as sandy hills, fresh- and salt-water wetlands wet meadows and sandy beaches are also of significance. In spite of human activities a significant part of the sand-dunes is in good ecological condition. Centaurea niederi which is a plant listed in Annex II of the Council Directive 92/43/EEC and the Bern Convention, is a rare local Greek endemic, which grows on calcareous rocks in the Kalogria area (hill Mavra Vouna). In addition, the sandy beach, especially in the northern part of the site, has been reported as an egg laying area of the sea turtle Caretta caretta, which is a priority species of the Directive 92/43/EEC and "Endangered" according to the Greek Red Data Book. The examined area is a natural ecological laboratory for education and research for students, school pupils and academics.