Now in winter many would be relieved thinking that our migratory birds have safely made it to their wintering grounds and are spending their days resting and gathering strength for the coming spring. Around 120 bird species come to our island as ‘winter visitors’ to take advantage of the mild Mediterranean winter. Many are well-known […]
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The Natura 2000 beach “Polis-Gialia” is considered the most important nesting beach for the sea turtle Caretta caretta in the Republic of Cyprus. This sea turtle species is protected by national and European legislation and is under global pressure from residential and tourism development, sea pollution from rubbish, especially plastics, overfishing and by-catch, recreation activities at sea
As we are heading towards 2020, we are approaching the deadline to achieve Europe’s mandatory energy targets for Cyprus. That is, the share of energy from renewable sources to reach 13% of the gross final energy consumption. By June 2018, Cyprus has achieved 72% of that target. According to the most recent National Action Plan
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