A €21,000 fine was issued by the prosecuting authorities a few days ago for the killing of wild birds using poison baits. The fine represents a big step forward that will hopefully have a strong deterrent effect on similar illegal actions, which have a devastating impact on Cyprus wildlife.
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Το BirdLife Cyprus, το Terra Cypria – Το Κυπριακό Ίδρυμα Προστασίας του Περιβάλλοντος, η Πρωτοβουλία για τη Διάσωση των Φυσικών Ακτών και η Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Κυνηγιού και Διατήρησης Άγριας Ζωής ενώνουν τη φωνή τους και εκφράζουν από κοινού τις ανησυχίες τους για τη σοβαρή καθυστέρηση οριστικοποίησης και δημοσίευσης του Τοπικού Σχεδίου Ακάμα, αφού ούτε στην πρόσφατη συνεδρία του Υπουργικού Συμβουλίου που
Κοινή δήλωση για το Τοπικό Σχέδιο Ακάμα Read More »
As the biodiversity crisis deepens and global warming tightens its grip, we need policies that have the impact to begin reversing this ecological disaster. Here are ‘five things green’ BirdLife Cyprus would like to see candidates for the upcoming presidential election commit to.
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Since 1950, we have seen the disappearance of six breeding species from our island: the Black Vulture, Lesser Kestrel, Marbled Duck, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Dipper and, as recently as the 1980s, the Eastern Imperial Eagle. Six species may not sound like a big number to have lost over seven decades, but in ‘normal’ times, with background rates of extinction, it is probably fair to say that a person born in Cyprus in 1950 should only have witnessed one such loss over a lifetime.
Six species poorer: the birds we’ve lost in the last decades Read More »
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