Innova Challenge: students create product for smart cities
Marinos Papageorgiou’s November 16th article “Environmental education: A necessary tool” is spot-on. If we do not engage and educate the next generation about environmental challenges and...
Environment
Trapping songbirds: the darker side of Cyprus
By Guy Shorrock Every year an estimated 25 million birds are illegally killed around the Mediterranean. Cyprus has been assessed as one of the five...
Food waste ‘one of most important challenges facing society’
Food waste is one of the most important challenges facing society today, which has a profound impact on both the environment and on the economy,...
Kadis: best year ever for managing forest fires
The management of last summer’s fires in Cyprus proved to be one of the most successful ever, according to Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis. Speaking to...
Free tree saplings for locals in Tree Week greener Cyprus drive
Free saplings were given to locals in Nicosia by the Forestry Department on Sunday as part of Tree Week, which is set to run from...
‘Week of the Tree’ kicks off on Sunday
The Tree Festival, which takes place each year on the fourth Sunday in November in Cyprus, has been celebrated on the island since 1920, the...
NGO calls on consumers to think of environment during Black Friday shopping
Environmental NGO Friends of the Earth has called on people to consider the costs to the environment in making purchases on Black Friday weekend. Surveys...
Conference looks at managing the Akamas
A three-day conference aiming to explore the conservation, management and governance of protected areas and its application in the Akamas peninsula began on Wednesday. Some...
To save salmon, US approves largest dam removal in history
By Daniel Trotta A US agency seeking to restore habitat for endangered fish gave final approval on Thursday to decommission four dams straddling the California-Oregon...
Waste management is probably our biggest environment issue
And companies need to do more about packaging By Charalampos Theopemptou Among the business world, I often hear the discussions and worries about the new...
