 Another focal point of action is the nearby biotopes, like the forest of Mount Chortiatis or the two Ramsar wetlands (the deltas of the Axios, Loudias and Haliacmon rivers, and Lakes Koroneia and Volvi).At the end of the 1980s, the group was involved in the formation of a Greek Federation of Ecological and Environmental Organisations.In 1990 the federation transformed into a political party, the Alternative Ecologists), which was beset with problems and proved to be short-lived.