‘Akamas’ is a word which, unfortunately, has become synonymous with dispute in public discourse, for the last decade, at least. The impression is often given that Akamas is an issue that remains ‘frozen’, but which every couple of months returns and sweeps across the Press and Media, with many different messages, before it is put […]
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Εμπειρογνώμονες της Περιφερειακής Κυβέρνησης της Ανδαλουσίας (Junta de Andalucía) έρχονται στην Κύπρο για να μοιραστούν σε εκπαιδευτικό σεμινάριο την τεχνογνωσία και τις διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένες διαδικασίες τους για την αποτελεσματική καταπολέμηση του εγκλήματος κατά της άγριας ζωής.
Ανοικτή Επιστολή του BirdLife Cyprus / Πτηνολογικού Συνδέσμου Κύπρου, του Terra Cypria – Το Κυπριακό Ίδρυμα Προστασίας του Περιβάλλοντος, της Κυπριακής Ομοσπονδίας Κυνηγίου & Διαχείρισης Άγριας Ζωής, της Πρωτοβουλίας για τη Διάσωση των Φυσικών Ακτών και της Κίνησης Save Akamas / Save Cyprus.
Το BirdLife Cyprus προσκαλεί το κοινό σε παρουσίαση βιβλίου της Μαίρης Μιχαηλίδου με τίτλο «Λιβελούλες της Κύπρου, Οδηγός Αναγνώρισης» και σε προβολή ντοκιμαντέρ με θέμα τη Χερσόνησο Ακρωτηρίου την Τετάρτη, 22 Ιουνίου στις 19:30 στο Πολιτιστικό Ίδρυμα ARTos, στους Άγιους Ομολογητές.
Ακολουθεί συνέντευξη που έδωσε ο Διευθυντής του BirdLife Cyprus, Μάρτιν Χέλλικαρ, για την ιστοσελίδα ενημέρωσης Stockwatch, σχετικά με τις πρόσφατες εξελίξεις για το υπό εξέταση Τοπικό Σχέδιο Ακάμα. Η ολοκλήρωση της εκτίμησης των επιπτώσεων του υπό εκπόνηση Τοπικού Σχεδίου Ακάμα με την έκδοση της Ειδικής Οικολογικής Αξιολόγησης από το Τμήμα Περιβάλλοντος αναμένεται εντός των ημερών.
Συνέντευξη: Τι διακυβεύεται στον Ακάμα Read More »
Join the virtual challenge and show that we need an ambitious EU nature restoration law now! Whether you walk, run, roll, cycle, swim, sail or glide, adding your kilometres is like signing a petition. Take action for nature and demand that it be restored!
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This event has a been postponed and a new date will be announced soon. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. BirdLife Cyprus invites the public to a beach clean-up event at Lady’s Mile in Limassol, an area not only important to birds but also marine mammals, elasmobranchs and turtles. The clean-up will take place on
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Joint statement by BirdLife Cyprus and the Game & Fauna Service
On 3 and 4 May, three vultures, including one adult bird and two chicks, were found dead in the Paphos District. These deaths are a huge blow to the species in Cyprus and this tragic event confirms how vulnerable the Griffon Vulture population is in Cyprus and the urgent need to tackle the threats facing this species.
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This article was first published in the Cyprus Mail newspaper on 16 March 2022, as opinion piece written
by our Director Martin Hellicar.
A wetland gem in need of some TLC Read More »
Μετά από ενάμιση χρόνο εντατικής εκπαίδευσης στην Ελλάδα, οι δυο σκυλίτσες Sofie και Dixie ράτσας Border Collie έχουν έρθει στην Κύπρο για να αλλάξουν τα δεδομένα στην αντιμετώπιση της παράνομης χρήσης δηλητηριασμένων δολωμάτων στην ύπαιθρο.
Ειδικά εκπαιδευμένοι σκύλοι επιστρατεύονται στη μάχη ενάντια στα δηλητήρια Read More »
At a time when the need to turn to renewables is more pressing than ever, Cyprus has finally managed to find a good recipe: a climate policy that goes hand-in-hand with biodiversity policy!
Good news: Protected sites in Cyprus off-limits for renewables Read More »
To some people’s surprise, our cities are home to many a different bird species: from resident birds, such as Great Tits, Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Sardinian Warblers and Kestrels to migratory species, such as White Wagtails, Barn Swallows and Swifts – even Cyprus Wheatears!
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BirdLife Cyprus invites the public to the first worldwide screening of the documentary ‘Eleonora’s Falcon – Life in the Balance’ featuring the Akrotiri Peninsula, on Wednesday 6 April in Nicosia and on Thursday 7 April in Limassol.
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Κοινό Δελτίο Τύπου από το BirdLife Cyprus, το Terra Cypria – To Κυπριακό Ίδρυμα Προστασίας του Περιβάλλοντος και το ΑΚΤΗ Κέντρο Μελετών και Έρευνας.
Κυματοθραύστες: Η αλόγιστη πολιτική της «αμμώδους παραλίας» με κάθε κόστος Read More »
BirdLife Cyprus is looking for highly competent, experienced and hard-working fieldworkers to visit the island as full-time volunteer bird surveyors, to help with the monitoring of breeding bird species.
BirdLife Cyprus invites you to the conference of the Erasmus project ‘Seeing the world through nature’, which aims to promote outdoor education and bird education as a means to connect children with visual disabilities with the natural world. The conference is addressed to teachers, facilitators, parents and to anyone else who may be interested in
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Like many large birds of prey, Griffon Vultures get ready to breed long before the first signs of spring. As early as mid-December, they begin pairing and copulating. By January, the nest is ready to welcome a pair’s one and only egg. Following this natural rhythm, and however wintery the weather might be, our monitoring
Four Griffon Vulture pairs already active this breeding season Read More »
BirdLife Cyprus reports a worrying increase in bird trapping levels for autumn 2021. This sadly comes as no surprise, following a shameful relaxation of the relevant Cyprus bird protection law in December 2020.
Bird trapping levels up in 2021 Read More »
This year marks the 40th anniversary since BirdLife Cyprus began contributing with data from Cyprus to the International Waterbird Census (IWC).
Mid-winter count 2022: 24,000 waterbirds recorded island-wide Read More »
Since the time of writing of this article, another Flamingo was found in distress at Paralimni Lake. The bird was taken to a vet, and despite all efforts, it died shortly after. X-rays showed presence of shotgun pellets in the stomach and throat.
How many more Flamingos must we lose before we do something about lead pollution? Read More »
As we look to set up our own dog units as part of the LIFE with Vultures project, we talk to the handlers of Greece’s canine heroes. Covering more than 500 kilometers in patrols since their units’ creation, Kouki and Ioli, two four-legged detectives, and their handlers, Dimitris and Victoria respectively, have found and removed from the Greek countryside 119 poisoned animals and 122 poison baits. In the interview that follows, Dimitris Vavylis and Victoria Saravia, handlers of two Anti-Poison Dog Units run by HOS (BirdLife in Greece), share their experience. (Interview date: February 2020)
Snouts on a mission against poison Read More »
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