The Cypriot MARLISCO National Forum on Marine Litter took place yesterday, 15 October 2014, at the Filoxenia Conference Centre, in Nicosia, Cyprus. The Forum is the second in a series of 12 national fora taking place across Europe, which aim to capture the stakeholder’s opinions on solutions to the issue of marine litter. Key Cypriot stakeholders representing […]
Ms Xenia I. Loizidou, Dr Michael I. Loizides and Ms Demetra Orthodoxou of Isotech, have just published a paper in Marine Pollution Bulletin. The paper describes the process of evaluating the best practices collected within the MARLISCO project (www.marlisco.eu), using the DeCyDe-4 methodology that was developed by Xenia Loizidou and Michael Loizides. The paper, entitled […]
On Saturday 20th September, Isotech Ltd, through its project MARLISCO, participated in the International Coastal Cleanup event that was organised by the U.S. Embassy in Cyprus and AKTI Project and Research Centre. With the help of volunteers, many from the American Academy Larnaca, over 9,000 marine litter items were collected from 0.25 km of beach. […]
13 January 2023_Climate Change and the Energy Crisis (ELIAMEP) An interview at ELIAMEP to discuss Climate Change and the Energy Crisis 23 January 2022_Opinion on the suggested breakwaters system in Chloraka Links to online news portals which published the above article from ISOTECH’s Director, Dr Xenia I. Loizidou. CNA REPORTER CyprusMail Ο Ταχυδρόμος24 POLITIS Dialogos […]
ISOTECH’s Director, Xenia I. Loizidou, gave two interviews last week in Cypriot newspapers “Kathimerini” and “Cyprus Weekly” on her inclusion in the European Women in Leadership (WIL) Network, the role of women in Cyprus and 2nd gender bias. You can read the interview in “Kathimerini” here (in Greek) and the interview in “Cyprus Weekly” here […]
1. Biotic Characteristics 1.1 Fauna As mentioned above, there are no data about the administrative area of the municipality of Pafos. Records have been made only for the Faros of Kato Pafo. The area is very important for the bords, since there can be encountered 23 species of Annex 1 of the Birds Directive (Alcedo atthis, Anthus […]
1. Βιοτικά Χαρακτηριστικά 1.1 Πανίδα Όπως αναφέρθηκε και πιο πάνω στοιχεία για την διοικητική έκταση του Δήμου της Πάφου δεν υπάρχουν. Καταγραφές έχουν γίνει μόνο στη περιοχή του Φάρου της Κάτω Πάφου Η περιοχή είναι πολύ σημαντική για τα πτηνά αφού κανείς μπορεί να συναντήσει 23 είδη πτηνών του Παραρτήματος Ι της Οδηγίας για τα […]
1. Biotic Characteristics 1.1 Nature protection areas Siti Naturali important huma dawk is-siti terrestri u marini li huma important ghall-abitanti u speci li jghixu fiha. L-Arcipelagu Malti jikkonserva varjeta kbira ta abitanti u speci important li minnhom huma wkoll protetti mil-ligi. Madanakollu huwa important li dawn is-siti fejn tinsab il-biodiversita tkun protetta. Is-Siti protetti gew […]
1. Biotic Characteristics 1.1 Fauna The wildlife in Malta is very low diversity. So there are at Malta no dangerous or poisonous land animals. The only dangerous animals include sharks in the Mediterranean. So also were already white sharks from Malta spotted. But this is rather an exception. The typical species of Malta include hedgehogs, weasels, mice, rats, bats, rabbits, lizards, wall geckos, chameleons and nonpoisonous snakes . The on Malta native bird species are lark, thrush and Blue Merle, who […]
1. Βιοτικά Χαρακτηριστικά 1.1 Πανίδα Τα κυριότερα θηλαστικά που απαντώνται στην Πάρο είναι ο λαγός (Lepus europeus), το αγριοκούνελο (Oryctolagus cuniculus) και το κουνάβι (Martes boina), και τα κυριότερα είδη ορνιθοπανίδας είναι: πέρδικα (Alectoris chukar), Δεκαοχτούρα (Streptopelia decaocto), Γκιώνης (Otus scops), Κουκουβάγια(Athene noctua), Γιδοβυζάστρα (Caprimulgus europaeus), Μελισσοφάγος (Merops apiaster), Κατσουλιέρης (Galerida cristata), Σταυροχελίδονο (Hirundo rustica), Μαυροτσιροβάκος (Sylvia […]