Environment
Six bird species have stopped breeding on the island over the past seven decades, reducing the robustness of Cyprus’ ecosystems immeasurably, Birdlife Cyprus told the...
Sterile males helping keep mosquito population down
A pilot programme in Larnaca has seen numbers of the pests reduced A programme to battle increasing numbers of mosquitos on the island is already...
How individuals with Alzheimer’s disease benefit from the healing power of nature and social permaculture
By Olivia Skordi September is recognised as the month of Alzheimer’s, with September 21 dedicated as an awareness day of Alzheimer’s disease, targeting communities to...
‘Citizens’ science against littering: the example of #Potavristou’
By Xenia Loizidou September is the month of #potavristou! Every year since September of 2019, AKTI organises the action #potavristou. It’s simple: every person or...
800kg of ‘ghost nets’ retrieved from Cape Greco sea floor
A total of 800 kilograms of ‘ghost nets’ were retrieved from Cape Greco by the Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre during the Dixan Clean in...
Dead turtle found wıth 500 grams of plastic in digestive system
A sea turtle which died off the coast of Cyprus was found to have more than 500 grams of plastic in its digestive system. The...
Development and the environment
The environment is not being taken seriously by individuals or by the competent authorities when it comes to building developments. Of course, there has been...
Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder
Of late, it seems, there have been a spate of environmental atrocities beyond what even the most jaded among us can bear to witness. Those...
EU Parliament passes nature law after political backlash
The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to pass a fiercely contested law to restore degraded natural ecosystems, salvaging the environmental measures that centre-right lawmakers had...
Earth’s hottest day ever recorded signals once again the dire impacts of the climate crisis
As the planet registered the hottest day ever recorded in its history, one wonders if humanity and Cyprus are prepared for the upcoming consequences By...