The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) has criticised the Cyprus government for allowing hunters to shoot in an area where protected migratory birds fly, fearing a repeat of last September’s massacres, as they claimed, with the Game and Fauna Service stressing that the area will be policed and no violations will be tolerated. In a …
The findings of the Regional Scientific Task Forces appointed in the framework of the Cyprus Government Initiative on climate crisis, will be presented and debated during the 2nd International Conference on climate change in the Eastern Meditteranean and the Middle East to take place 13-14 October in Paphos, Cyprus. The Conference, following the 2018 Conference …
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Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis has stressed the importance of utilizing scientific knowledge in taking effective measures to preserve biodiversity. Addressing a conference held in the framework of the 3rd Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week (3MPCW), the Minister presented specific examples of actions taken for the conservation of rare and endangered plants …
Story by Gregoris Savva, Cyprus News Agency The government via the Deputy Ministries of Shipping and Tourism, has assumed actions concerning ways with which the maritime environment can be protected while assisting the efforts to combat climate change, Deputy Minister for Shipping Vassilis Demetriades has said. Demetriades was addressing an event on plastic waste in …
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For the second year in a row, Lebanon celebrates the “National Protected Reserves Day” amid stifling health, economic, financial, and living crises that prevent people from enjoying this distinctive environmental day, which highlights the importance of the country’s national wealth and the pressing need to protect its reserves and natural resources. Lebanon annually celebrates this …
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Over the weekend, the Union of Tyre Municipalities, the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), in cooperation with volunteers, environmental and scout associations, the Civil Defense, and UNIFIL, launched a campaign to clean-up Tyre Coast Nature Reserve from balls of sticky gobs and blobs of tar, which showed up last week on South Lebanon’s beaches …
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Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa program manager in Beirut, Julien Jreissati, on Monday stepped up calls on Lebanon’s Ministry of Environment to take swift measures to assess the magnitude of the risk that the Mediterranean oil spill might have on Lebanon, especially after reaching the country’s southern coast. Jreissati suggested setting up an urgent …
Only 11 of the 62 endangered species that are in the Greek lists of the Natura 2000 network, ie 18% are fully covered. The remaining 51 species are all partially covered by the Natura 2000 network, with 52.0% average coverage. In fact, according to the data of a new important study of Greek scientists, the regions …
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The Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights reviewed the draft law, “On Accession of the Republic of Albania to the Mediterranean Science Commission”. Minister of Tourism and Environment Bledi Klosi presented the proposed draft law aimed at the accession of the Republic of Albania to the Mediterranean Science Commission, as one …
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Collection at source of recycle material and organic waste in combination with the implementation of Pay as you throw (PAYT) scheme is one of the most important goals set by the Ministry of Agriculture, Minister Costas Kadis has said. Speaking on Thursday at a press conference organized by Aglantzia municipality to present the PAYT project …