Late last night, EU Agriculture Ministers adopted a ‘backward’ position on the next EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Members of the European Parliament also voted in favour of an ‘anti-environmental’ proposal of the CAP despite outcry from scientists, citizens and the environmental community. At stake is the future of the CAP, a 6 billion/year subsidy instrument […]
New study shows tape lures increase target species captures on mist nets by eleven-fold, while also increasing bycatch.
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The photographs speak for themselves. Illegal killing of dozens of Bee-eaters near Larnaca Salt Lake. This horrible crime against wildlife was committed near Lake Soros last Saturday. Dozens of Bee-eaters, plus many other protected species, such as Barn Swallows, shot from the sky. The specific area is unfortunately a notorious ‘black spot’ for illegal bird killing.
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The Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus is the largest of the world’s six species of flamingo. Greater Flamingos are found in the Mediterranean, West, East, and South Africa and South and Southwest Asia. They are nomadic and disperse widely, traveling long distances in search of good habitat: shallow brackish or salt-water lakes. In Cyprus, the Greater Flamingo
Flamingo breeding in Cyprus: will our handsome pink visitors ever make it? Read More »
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