Environment

The forestry department currently has a single operational firefighting plane at its disposal, but plans are underway to gradually expand the fleet and acquire self-owned airborne means rather than rely ...

European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius will hold meetings in Cyprus on Monday to discuss key environmental issues. The commissioner will meet Agriculture Minister Maria ...

Cyprus’ contribution to the EU renewable energy target “so far is well below that seen in EU legislation”, EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevicius said on ...

Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou has suggested that people create more rooftop gardens to help mitigate the effects of urban heat islands caused by concrete cities, which can distort temperature readings ...

Larnaca-based renewable energy company, Bioland Energy Group, has placed 34 artificial nests for barn owls in various locations across Cyprus to promote sustainable pest control. The initiative, part of their corporate ...

There are at least 20 illegalities at Ayia Napa’s environmentally protected Natura 2000 site, but not a single deterrent measure has been imposed apart from a fine, Cyprus’ Ecological Movement charged ...

The government has taken a “very soft” approach to dealing with the whole issue surrounding the illegal monastery being built in the Cape Greco area of Ayia Napa, the Cyprus ...

Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the Russian ...

By Martin Clark When it comes to getting the message across about environmental damage and decline, we need to use every opportunity and method that we can. Visual art presents ...

By Ariell Ahearn, University of Oxford and Dawn Chatty The camel may be the next cow. An animal that once grazed and browsed over huge distances is increasingly being enclosed ...

The world just experienced its warmest March on record, capping a 10-month streak in which every month set a new temperature record, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service ...

By Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project will offer triple benefits to Cyprus, with better energy security, a ‘green mix’ of power generation and cheaper energy for all consumers, the Greek Independent ...

Swiftly melting snow triggered the worst recorded flooding in Russia’s Ural Mountains, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes as some of Europe’s biggest rivers swelled to ...

Monday marked the inauguration of the Bee Park at Athalassa Park in Nicosia, a thematic park dedicated to bees and the first of its kind established on state forest land. ...

A new desalination unit is in the works as well as other projects, to ensure water adequacy in the wake of a looming national water shortage. The national investment plan ...

Two flamingos observed at the Larnaca salt lake have been determined to be living to a ripe old age, environmental NGO BirdLife Cyprus reported. In a post on social media ...

The architects’ association on Wednesday called on the government to conduct more environmentally friendly projects, particularly in sensitive areas like the Akamas. “Public projects with clear green credentials and environmental ...

The ways of contributing are wider than you think By Ourania Kyriakou Nowadays, the global discourse on environmental awareness has reached new heights, reflecting a growing concern for the well-being ...

These two broods emerge together only once every 221 years, last occurring in 1803 By Will Dunham Cicadas, the noisy but rather tame insects that spend most of their lives underground, are ...

The installation of undersea fibre optic cables in Yeroskipou will not impact areas under the Natura 2000 framework or other Special Protection Areas (SPAs), a report by the environmental department confirmed ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Monday called on the agriculture ministry to explain itself, following Cyprus’ referral to an EU court over failures to implement the Habitats Directive in environmentally protected ...

The town planning department has ordered a stop to any illegal construction for a monastery being built at the environmentally protected area at Ayia Napa’s Cape Greco site. Philenews ...

Controversial works regarding the building of a monastery in an environmentally sensitive area in Ayia Napa are being investigated, it emerged on Thursday. Speaking to CyBC, deputy environmental department director ...