The 5th Cyprus Celebration of the World Day of Wetlands held on 1 February 2009, at the premises of the Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education, in the farm of St. Nikolaos, at Akrotiri.
The program included a greeting from the President of the Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education Chorepiskopo of Amathus – Mr. Nicholas, a greeting from the representative of the Minister of Education and Culture, a greeting from the member of the parliament Mr. George Perdikis – representative of the Cyprus Green Party, a greeting from the member of the Environmental Committee of Parliament Dr. Eleni Theocharous – representative of Democratic Rally, a greetings from the Cyprus President of the Federation of Environmental and Ecological Organisations of Cyprus – Mr. Christos Theodorou, a speech about the wetlands by Dr. Andreas Chatzichambis as well as presentations of thw high school students of Lanition B’ Lyceum about for endangered plants of the Akrotiri peninsula.
Cooperating Agents:
+ Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education
+ Environment Service – Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
+Cyprus Federation of Environmental and Ecological Organisations
+ BirdLife Cyprus
+ Environmental Group of Akrotiri
+ Ecological Movement of Cyprus
+ Cyprus Friends of the Earth
+ Cyprus Ecological Movement Alignment
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