Environment

The Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s rarest marine mammals, is making a slow but steady recovery along Cyprus’ shores, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. With an ...

Greenhouse gas concentrations over Cyprus have reached a historic high, reaching 430 parts per million (ppm) in January. “The sector with the largest contribution to greenhouse gas emissions in Cyprus is ...

Authorities need to enforce legislation to close down the illegal kiosks that have sprung in Akamas’ Natura 2000 network area with immediate action, the federation of environmental NGOs (Opok) said on ...

By Martin Clark As director of Grampus Heritage and Training in the UK, I have been working to champion environmental projects in Cyprus since 1997. As a former head of the ...

State agencies and officials on Tuesday welcomed in principle proposed legislation that would bar shutting down solar panels, but the fly in the ointment was that affected households and businesses ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe Sri Lanka began a wildlife census on Saturday to count monkeys, peacocks and giant squirrels, aiming to manage their populations as farmers complain of agricultural losses. Agriculture ...

By Will Dunham US bird populations are experiencing alarming declines due to factors such as habitat loss and climate change, according to a new report identifying 112 species that have reached ...

Larnaca municipality is participating in the global ‘Earth Hour’ by turning off the lights for an hour on Saturday. On Saturday from 8.30 to 9.30pm the municipality invites everyone to participate ...

March 21 is ‘international forest day’ and the forestry department has organised a series of activities for the public to participate in and raise awareness about forests and sustainable management. This ...

Paphos and Limassol are the districts most under threat of summer water supply interruptions, acting Water Development Department (WDD) director, George Kazantzis said on Monday. Elsewhere Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou ...

Reports by environmentalists of illegal refreshment stands springing up in Akamas need to be verified, the interior ministry said on Monday. “The Paphos district administration will visit the spots where ...

Paphos municipality has secured a double distinction at the 2024 Cyprus Green Cities & Green Communities Awards, the municipality announced. Specifically, Paphos was named “Green City of Cyprus” for two projects: ...

Organising car races in the Paphos state forest, a Natura 2000 special protection zone, violates both national and EU legislation on nature and biodiversity conservation, environmental organisation Terra Cypria said on ...

Cyprus is facing a deepening energy crisis as homeowners who invested in solar power find themselves repeatedly cut off from the grid. Despite the government’s strong push for renewable ...

New illegal refreshment kiosks have sprung up in Akamas within the Natura 2000 Network area, NGO Terra Cypria said on Friday. “We have reported the violations in detail and now it ...

Concerns over the future of two of Cyprus’ most important wetlands intensified on Friday, with environmental groups warning of mounting threats to their survival. The federation of environmental organisations of ...

Paphos collected 16,946 kilogrammes of used cooking oil from 36 schools as part of the ‘Frying Pan Movement’ for 2023-2024, generating profits of up to €8,459. The initiative is run by NGO Akti ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou was on Wednesday nearing the end of her review of a disciplinary investigation into the first-phase roadworks at Akamas national forest park. The report, submitted in ...

For the first time a controlled forest burning was carried out in Cyprus under the supervision of the agriculture ministry’s forestry department and coordinated by the European University Cyprus’ ...

Authorities on Tuesday asserted they are doing what they can to put in check the spread of solar parks on agricultural land, while affected local communities and agriculturalists complained that ...

Hundreds of roofs in the informal settlements of India’s western Gujarat state have been painted in a reflective, white coating over the last two months to try to keep ...

Thousands of toads, frogs and newts inching through the damp undergrowth on their way to breed will arrive safely at their destination thanks to the efforts of dozens of volunteers, ...

The Cyprus Post aims for a full switch to electric vehicles by 2034, and on Tuesday said five e-vehicles had already been acquired. These e-vehicles were “ideal for their needs”, it ...

BirdLife Cyprus on Tuesday morning said another vulture was found dead under a voltage power line of the electricity authority (EAC) in the Korfi area of Limassol. According to BirdLife, ...