Scientists of HCMR’s Institute of Marine Biological Resources & Inland Waters (IMBRIW, http://imbriw.hcmr.gr/en/) have been focusing on Samothraki’s water resources for the last twenty years (Skoulikidis et al. 2014) in the framework of :

• European Research Projects (AQEM & STAR, 1999-2002)
• Master Thesis (Lampou, 2012)
• National Ecological Quality Monitoring Program (WFD, 2012-2015)
• Detailed monitoring program with self-financing (2013-2015)
• Contribution to a proposal to designate the island as a UNESCO ‘Man and Biosphere Reserve’ (Cooperation with the Institute for Social Ecology, Vienna, Alpen Adria University)
• Establishment of “Samothraki Nature Observatory” (since 2013)
• PhD Thesis (Lampou, 2016 – ongoing)
• Monitoring and Recording of the Water Status (Quality, Quantity, Pressures, Use) in Greece (WFD, 2018-2023)