| : Environment Cyprus environmental policy has been recently revised from its foundations, as a result of the process for harmonization with the European Union. More than three hundred Directives and Regulations and a number of action plans comprise the complicated and detailed Chapter for the Environment. These new legislative regulations now constitute a powerful bedrock for the enforcement of the environmental policy. The laws now in place are explicit and do not lend themselves to different interpretations or misinterpretations. The results of the enforcement of these legislation will become evident in all sectors of our life. This legislative framework ensures the improvement of the environment and of the quality of life. The Environment Service has undertaken the difficult task of harmonization with most of the European acquis for the environment. The following is a digest of the activities of the Environment Service through which the important role that it plays easily emerges. An island in the far eastern Mediterranean Sea, below Turkey and to the west of Syria, Cyprus is is actually two countries - the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (recognised only by Turkey) and the southern Republic of Cyprus. There are two large mountain ranges on the island: the Kyrenian Range in North Cyprus and the Troödos Massif in the centre of the Republic. The northern mountains are mainly limestone, the southern are volcanic rock. These ranges are separated by the Mesaoria Plain. Cyprus has always been an island, and many Cypriot species, particularly plants, are found nowhere else in the world. There are three main habitats in Cyprus: the mountain ranges, the coastal plains and the cultivated lands. The coastal plains are irrigated by seasonal streams, and some support citrus orchards, but native flora and fauna have been largely displaced by tourism. The best areas to see wildlife are the mountainous areas of the island and the Akamas Peninsula (which, although not a national park, has been managed for conservation). The North, being less touristed, also has a larger population of native flora and fauna. Keep an eye out for griffon vultures, foxes, fruit-eating bats, sea turtles and moufflon, a wild sheep endemic to Cyprus. The Environment Service advises on issues of environmental policy and coordinates plans and programmes that deal with the environment. It is mandated to ensure policy enforcement and the co-ordination of the process for the adoption of the European policy and legislation on the environment. It chairs the Committee for the Assessment of the Environmental Impacts from Projects. It promotes, inter alia, the laws regarding the Control of the Pollution of Waters and on the Management of Solid and Hazardous Waste. It also encourages environmental education and the dissemination of environmental information. The Service is, also, the administrative arm of the Council for the Environment. Moreover, it is the National Focal Point for the intergovernmental Organizations CSD, MCSD, MAP and UNEP, and for the following international Conventions: CITES for the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, the Bern Convention for the Protection of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, the Barcelona |
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