Safeguarding Cyprus’ seas this summer
With the arrival of the summer tourism season in Cyprus, thousands of residents and visitors will once again enjoy the island’s coastal and marine environment. Cyprus’ seas are not ...
Works at Pentakomo could have irreversible effects
Delays in processing the appeal against ongoing works at Pentakomo port may lead to irreversible damages to the environment, Birdlife Cyprus warned on Tuesday.
“When a case is dealt with ...
Dead seal found off Paphos coast
A dead seal was discovered on Tuesday morning on the coast of Neo Chorio in Paphos, prompting an immediate response from the fisheries department following reports from members of the ...
Pentakomo port project ‘would have irreversible environmental impact’
The construction of a new port in the Limassol district village of Pentakomo would have “immediate and irreversible environmental impacts”, ornithological charity BirdLife Cyprus’ campaign coordinator Tasos Shialis said on ...
Court orders works to halt at Pentakomo port over seal population
The administrative court issued an interim order to suspend construction work on the new port at Pentakomo over fears that it may impact the area’s native Mediterranean monk seal ...
Rescued Monk Seal Panayis returns to Cyprus after rehabilitation in Greece
The young Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) Panayis, rescued in the Famagusta district after his mother’s death in November 2024, arrived at Larnaca airport on Friday morning following nearly five ...
Monk seal population increases in Cyprus for 2023
There is an increase in the population of the Mediterranean monk seal in Cyprus and 2023 figures show that there are 20-22 mammals on the island, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said, ...
Environmental education: a necessary tool
Knowledge drives change in people’s perception and attitude
Marios Papageorgiou
Knowledge is a powerful tool that can shape and change lives and the world around us. In recent years ...
Baby monk seal found dead in Moni area
A dead juvenile Mediterranean monk seal was found in Limassol’s Moni area and a necropsy will be carried out by the veterinary services to determine, if possible, the cause ...
Seal born in the Akamas found dead in the north
A dead monk seal thought to have been caught in fishing nets was found in the north by monk seal conservation group Spot.
Haris Nicolaou, part of the government’s ...
Kadis welcomes rise in monk seal population
The endangered Mediterranean monk seal population has had its most significant increase ever recorded in Cyprus, Agriculture Costas Kadis said in Paphos on Thursday.
Their population has now reached 19, Kadis ...
Monk seal breeding site discovered in north
A breeding site for one of the most endangered seals in the world, the Mediterranean monk seal, has been identified for the first time in the north.
With a global ...