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Parliament to hold emergency meeting after hunters’ protest paralyses motorway

Philenews 26 Mar 2025
The Interior Ministry intends to remove Natura 2000 network areas and other environmentally sensitive regions from permitted zones, though training areas have been significantly increased for the remaining eight months ... ....
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Strong public reaction as United Hunters Movement seeks year long dog training, following highway blockade

Philenews 25 Mar 2025
Namely, training hunting dogs (mostly savagely neglected when no longer needed) throughout the year and including Natura 2000 Zones, to the detriment of the major habitats ... and Natura 2000 zones.
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Cyprus hunters block highway in escalating protest over dog training restrictions

Philenews 24 Mar 2025
The Interior Ministry intends to remove Natura 2000 network areas and other environmentally sensitive regions from permitted zones, though training areas have been significantly increased for the remaining eight months.
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Hunters’ association accuses media of false reporting

CyprusMail 24 Mar 2025
He added that the upcoming meeting with Panayiotou would address concerns regarding fishermen and also the right for hunters to train their dogs in protected Natura 2000 areas ... They also demanded stricter laws with harsher penalties against poaching.
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Toxic caterpillars a threat to Cyprus’ forests

CyprusMail 23 Mar 2025
The story goes like this ... The life cycle of pitiocampus is egg, larva (caterpillar), nymph (chrysalis) and adult (moth) ... Pine trees in the Natura 2000 network are not sprayed, in line with the new EU regulation currently in the pipeline ... ....
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10 Breathtaking, Little-known Greek Islands

Greek Reporter 23 Mar 2025
The harbor at Symi island, Greece. Credit. BIG ALBERT/CC0 1.0. The Greek islands are well-known for their natural beauty ... Elafonissos ... Keros Keros Island ... km ... The whole island belongs to the “Natura 2000” group of areas with special ecological significance.
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Photovoltaic project near Natura area sparks fierce debate

Philenews 22 Mar 2025
BirdLife Cyprus argues that the conclusions of the Environment Department about minimal impact on the Natura 2000 area, cannot be supported with scientific certainty and beyond reasonable doubt.
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Opok calls for removal of illegal kiosks in Akamas

CyprusMail 20 Mar 2025
Authorities need to enforce legislation to close down the illegal kiosks that have sprung in Akamas’ Natura 2000 network area with immediate action, the federation of environmental NGOs (Opok) said on Thursday.
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Aitoliko: The ‘Little Venice’ of Greece Caught in Spectacular Drone Video

Greek Reporter 18 Mar 2025
Credit ... Protected by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and included in the Natura 2000 network, the Mesolongi-Aitoliko Lagoon National Park is rich in flora and fauna, including 290 species of birds and more than 100 species of fish ... ....
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Status of Akamas kiosks ‘needs to be verified’

CyprusMail 17 Mar 2025
Two illegal refreshment kiosks were reported by Terra Cypria to have sprung up within the Natura 2000 Network area on Friday ...The beach protection zone is not the main criterion , lack of a proper permit is,” she said ... ....
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Aphrodite Rally to go ahead outside Paphos forest

CyprusMail 15 Mar 2025
The Aphrodite Rally motor race will go ahead on routes outside the Paphos forest and Natura 2000 protected areas, the Cyprus automobile association confirmed on Saturday.
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Organisers push for rally at protected Paphos forest despite authorities’ refusal

Philenews 14 Mar 2025
... The rally, organised by Pafos Motorsport with support from the Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA), would run through routes totalling 284 kilometres within two Natura 2000 network areas.
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Environmental group condemns rally in Paphos forest as illegal

CyprusMail 14 Mar 2025
Organising car races in the Paphos state forest, a Natura 2000 special protection zone, violates both national and EU legislation on nature and biodiversity conservation, environmental organisation Terra Cypria said on Friday ... ....
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Illegal refreshment kiosks set up in Akamas

CyprusMail 14 Mar 2025
New illegal refreshment kiosks have sprung up in Akamas within the Natura 2000 Network area, NGO Terra Cypria said on Friday ... The makeshift venues went up in Platanos, near Avakas Gorge and in the Alimma area near Aspros Potamos ... ....
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Akamas wildlife threatened as illegal establishments appear in protected areas (photos)

Philenews 14 Mar 2025
The unauthorised structures are located within Natura 2000 network sites, affecting conservation objectives in areas of significant ecological value within Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas ... ....
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