Posts tagged with "Environment"

Lefkara determined to track down tree thieves Cyprus

Lefkara determined to track down tree thieves

November 15th, 2018 Trees which are hundreds of years old are being cut down for firewood and making furniture in Lefkara local officials say. The cut trees include olive and carob and the authorities are determined to take action to combat the illegal logging. The municipality of Lefkara on Tuesday convened a meeting at its offices with the mayor,...
Larnaca beach cleanup in framework of green international marathon Cyprus

Larnaca beach cleanup in framework of green international marathon

November 13th, 2018 A large part of the Finikoudes beach in Larnaca was cleaned on Monday from rubbish in the context of the “green” international Larnaca marathon. “A cleaning of the Finikoudes beach took place in cooperation with the Larnaca municipality as part of an important and at the same time symbolic move on which the organising committee...
Environmental pollution in developing countries - Is attenuation possible? Sponsored Post

Environmental pollution in developing countries - Is attenuation possible?

November 8th, 2018 There are only two things no human or any life form can go without, air and water. Woefully, there is a major crisis worldwide related to environmental pollution, the situation being critical in developing countries. Even if you are lucky enough to live in a country where pollution levels aren’t alarmingly high as there are enough...
Free and legal household waste spots for Limassol residents Cyprus

Free and legal household waste spots for Limassol residents

November 8th, 2018 Four ‘green points’ have been established in the Limassol district, where residents can unload bulky recyclable household waste for free, it was announced on Wednesday. The green points, located in the communities of Fasoula, Kolossi, Avdimou and Pareklisia, have been operational since September 28, said Mesa Geitonia mayor, Doros...
Wildlife populations plummeting in face of human activity World

Wildlife populations plummeting in face of human activity

October 29th, 2018 Global wildlife populations have fallen by 60 per cent since 1970 as humans overuse natural resources, drive climate change and pollute the planet, a report warns. WWF has called for an ambitious "global deal" for nature and people, similar to the international Paris Agreement to tackle climate change, as the conservation charity's...
Limassol action group organises demo against high-rises Cyprus

Limassol action group organises demo against high-rises

October 27th, 2018 A Limassol action group have called on the public to attend a demonstration on Saturday against the social and environmental consequences of the mushrooming high-rise buildings and soaring rents in the city. The demonstration, organised by the Active Citizens of Limassol Initiative, will take place on Saturday at 11am, starting from...
Cyprus scientists want your response on climate change and health Cyprus

Cyprus scientists want your response on climate change and health

October 24th, 2018 By Xanthi Andrianou and Konstantinos Christos Makris Environment, climate change and health: what do we know? Since the 1950s, systematic human activities have caused the exponential growth of key global ecological drivers of planetary health: disruption of the global climatic balance, environmental pollution, rapid biodiversity...
EU contract for animal waste disposal in north Cyprus

EU contract for animal waste disposal in north

October 17th, 2018 The European Commission signed a new €2.4m works contract for the construction of an animal waste disposal system in the Turkish Cypriot community, it was announced on Wednesday. “The objective is improved public health, animal health and environment by implementing a system for the collection, transport and disposal of materials...
Piles of old tyres transferred to Vassiliko Cyprus

Piles of old tyres transferred to Vassiliko

October 15th, 2018 Some 1,800 tonnes of old tyres have been transferred from the Dali industrial area to Vassiliko cement works, a licensed management facility where the waste will be managed in an environmentally friendly way, the agriculture ministry announced on Monday. Following the successful completion of this first phase, the ministry added, the...
‘Walking a fine line’ on Larnaca’s salt lake Cyprus

‘Walking a fine line’ on Larnaca’s salt lake

October 12th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The government will prepare a comprehensive action plan on the management of the ecosystem of the Larnaca salt lake, Agriculture Minister, Costas Kadis, said on Thursday. The minister visited Larnaca where he had a number of meetings, among them, with Mayor Andreas Vyras to discuss a number of projects underway...
Barn owls recruited to fight rodents in buffer zone Cyprus

Barn owls recruited to fight rodents in buffer zone

October 8th, 2018 Authorities have installed 15 artificial nests for barn owls (Tyto alba) in the buffer zone around the Nicosia airport as part of a pilot project to combat rodents, according to the Game Fund. The area around the airport, defunct since 1974, was chosen as there are agricultural crops and livestock farms in the region which attract...
UN: 'unprecedented' steps to avert worst effects of global warming World

UN: 'unprecedented' steps to avert worst effects of global warming

October 8th, 2018 Society would have to enact "unprecedented" changes to how it consumes energy, travels and builds to meet a lower global warming target or it risks increases in heat waves, flood-causing storms and the chances of drought in some regions as well as the loss of species, a U.N. report said on Monday. Keeping the Earth's temperature rise...
Limassol mayor says sea pollution levels fell in 2018 Cyprus

Limassol mayor says sea pollution levels fell in 2018

September 21st, 2018   Cruise ships dumping their waste in the sea off Limassol significantly contribute to sea pollution, city mayor, Nicos Nicolaides, said on Friday, adding that tackling the issue remains one of his municipality’s highest priorities. In a meeting with stakeholders, the pollution targets made for the summer of 2018 were...
Nicosia mayor hails mini-bus success but wants more people to get on board Cyprus

Nicosia mayor hails mini-bus success but wants more people to get on board

September 21st, 2018 By Annette Chrysostomou Since it started operating in May 2017, the number of passengers using the Nicosia mini-bus service, which operates in and around the old town, has jumped from 80 people in its first week to 1,200 per week today, the capital’s mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Friday. In a written announcement,...
Filippino community organise Finikoudes clean-up Cyprus

Filippino community organise Finikoudes clean-up

September 15th, 2018 Around 130 volunteers from the Filippino community in Cyprus recently organised a clean-up of Finikoudes beach in Larnaca to mark the International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD) and raise awareness against the use of plastic, observed this year on September 15. Members of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and the Filipino Community in...
Sea caves development a ‘litany of irregularities’ Cyprus

Sea caves development a ‘litany of irregularities’

September 14th, 2018 By George Psyllides A special audit into the procedures that led to the approval and construction of expensive villas and a hotel in an environmentally sensitive area in Peyia, Paphos, has uncovered a litany of irregularities, according to a report published on Friday. The audit had been requested after a public outcry over the...
Four new ‘green points’ for Limassol district Cyprus

Four new ‘green points’ for Limassol district

August 30th, 2018 The contract for the management of four ‘green points’ in the Limassol district have been signed and they are expected to start operating within a month, an announcement said on Thursday. The points will operate in Fassoula, Parekklisia, Kolossi and Pissouri, while a mobile one will also be created. Green points are areas for...
New ‘carrot and stick’ proposals to reduce exhaust emissions Cyprus

New ‘carrot and stick’ proposals to reduce exhaust emissions

August 24th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The government launched a public consultation on a new bill stipulating higher road tax for owners of cars exceeding acceptable limits for exhaust emissions and atmospheric pollutants while offering incentives to those choosing to buy low-emission vehicles. The bill, prepared by the departments of road transport,...
The couple who are addicted to beach cleaning Cyprus

The couple who are addicted to beach cleaning

August 11th, 2018 Environmental organisation ‘Let’s make Cyprus green’ is planning its biggest event in its seven-month existence, a beach clean-up of the Karnayio area between the old and new ports of Limassol. In the words of the organisation’s founder, Eleni Kazelas, Karnayio is “probably the dirtiest beach in Limassol” was described in...
Greens describe Kyperounta dump as a ‘ticking time bomb’ Cyprus

Greens describe Kyperounta dump as a ‘ticking time bomb’

August 8th, 2018   The Green party described the heaps of rubbish dumped in Kyperounta on Wednesday as a ‘ticking time bomb’. Consisting mostly of scraps of metal items dumped on privately owned land in the forest area of Kyperounta, the Greens-Citizens Cooperation said in a statement that they have been raising the issue since July last...
Shacolas says permission has been granted for Limni complex Cyprus

Shacolas says permission has been granted for Limni complex

August 8th, 2018 The company behind a controversial project in Paphos involving two golf courses, a hotel and a villa complex said on Wednesday it had secured the town planning permit after fully meeting environmental laws and the recommendations of the European Commission. In a news release, Limni Resorts and Golf Courses, part of the Shacolas Group,...
Famagusta residents urged to conserve water (Updated) Cyprus

Famagusta residents urged to conserve water (Updated)

August 6th, 2018 The Water Development Department (WDD) on Monday urged consumers in the Famagusta district to use water in moderation, as, due to damage to the Dhekelia desalination plant, reduced quantities of water will be available compared to the increased needs of the summer season. Later in the day, Paralimni mayor, Theodoros Pyrillis, said...
School in Larnaca spearheads campaign to stop plastic straws Education

School in Larnaca spearheads campaign to stop plastic straws

July 30th, 2018 Special school Ayios Spyridonas in Larnaca is at the forefront of a new initiative, starting in September, to put an end to the use of plastic straws. The initiative intends to replace the conventional plastic straws in the area with biodegradable ones in schools, restaurants, cafes, hotels and houses by the end of 2020. Presenting...
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