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Second Waterbirds in Cyprus Volume Published

September 2010

Waterbirds in Cyprus 2008/2009 is both a landmark report on which future studies can build as well as a testament to what can be accomplished when the two sides work together to tackle a common problem.


Ecologically speaking, Cyprus is a series of interconnected systems where environmental issues can only be properly addressed on an island-wide basis. This is especially true in the case of public health hazards such as those posed by air and water pollution and airborne viruses. The avian influenza epidemics of 2006 provided the impetus for cooperation between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots on the H5N1 virus which was contagious to human beings. Cyprus is located on an important migratory flyway and hosts millions of migrating birds each winter—all of them are potential vectors of disease.

To assist Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in combating the avian influenza threat then, USAID, through the Action for Cooperation and Trust (ACT) program, supported efforts that resulted in a cooperative island-wide waterbird monitoring program. This in turn resulted in the first systematic counts of waterbirds on the island and has improved the two sides’ ability to managing shared resources cooperatively. Waterbirds in Cyprus 2008/2009 is both a landmark report on which future studies can build as well as a testament to what can be accomplished when the two sides work together to tackle a common problem. The data from the studies is also available online at http://www.cyef.net

Ecologically speaking, Cyprus is a series of interconnected systems where environmental issues can only be properly addressed on an island-wide basis.
To assist Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in combating the avian influenza threat then, USAID, through the Action for Cooperation and Trust (ACT) program, supported efforts that resulted in a cooperative island-wide waterbird monitoring program.

 

With funding from ACT, Waterbirds in Cyprus 2008/2009 was published by the Unit of Environmental Studies at the University of Nicosia's Cyprus Center of European and International Affairs in cooperation with the Biologists Association and the Cyprus Game Fund. A sequel to Waterbirds in Cyprus 2007/2008, the book was authored by Nicolaos Kassinis, Salih Gucel, Iris Charalambidou, Niyazi Turkseven, Wayne Fuller, Asuman Kuyucu, and Huseyin Yorganci. The costs of the fieldwork conducted by the Biologists Association were covered through a small grant from the U.S. Embassy's Bicommunal Support Program.
Cyprus is located on an important migratory flyway and hosts millions of migrating birds each winter—all of them are potential vectors of disease.
The costs of the fieldwork conducted by the Biologists Association were covered through a small grant from the U.S. Embassy's Bicommunal Support Program.
Second Waterbirds in Cyprus Volume Published
The avian influenza epidemics of 2006 provided the impetus for cooperation between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots on the H5N1 virus which was contagious to human beings.

 

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