{"id":7412,"date":"2015-08-03T12:45:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T09:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/?page_id=7412&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-03-09T12:33:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T10:33:50","slug":"the-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/cycere\/the-center\/","title":{"rendered":"The Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"tie-padding\" style=\"padding-left:10%; padding-right:10%;\"><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003300;\">Location<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Cyprus Center for Environmental Research and Education is located at the farm of St. Nicolas, which is situated in the Akrotiri Peninsula. For the exact location of the center you can consult the following map.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"style43\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #003300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 28px;\"><b>Map &#8211; Directions<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/\u03a7\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2-\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ae\u03c2-\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2-\u039a\u03a5\u039a\u03a0\u0395\u0395_english.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20244\" src=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/\u03a7\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2-\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ae\u03c2-\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2-\u039a\u03a5\u039a\u03a0\u0395\u0395_english.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/\u03a7\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2-\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ae\u03c2-\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2-\u039a\u03a5\u039a\u03a0\u0395\u0395_english.jpg 720w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/\u03a7\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2-\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ae\u03c2-\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2-\u039a\u03a5\u039a\u03a0\u0395\u0395_english-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/\u03a7\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2-\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ae\u03c2-\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2-\u039a\u03a5\u039a\u03a0\u0395\u0395_english-709x1024.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"style43\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/\u03a7\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2-\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ae\u03c2-\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2-\u039a\u03a5\u039a\u03a0\u0395\u0395_english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span> to find the map-directions to CYCERE.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"style43\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300; font-size: 14pt;\">Facilities<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">CYCERE has been developed based on modern standards and by drawing experiences from equivalent foreign centres. Its facilities include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/?page_id=9077&amp;lang=en\">Exhibition Area \u2013 Educational exhibition material for environmental education<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Projection \u2013 Conference room<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Natural paths for educational nature studying \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Wildlife watching stations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ecology laboratory<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Organic olive grove<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Botanical garden with \u00a0plants of Cyprus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Truffle cultivation \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-double\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #003300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Educational exhibition material for environmental education<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">CYCERE, has been a pioneer in Cyprus in developing educational exhibition material for environmental education that groups of students and teachers have the ability to use. It is located in a special exhibition area in the Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"style43\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_ekthesiako_iliko21.jpg\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1466 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_ekthesiako_iliko2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kikpee_kentro_ekthesiako_iliko2\" width=\"284\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_ekthesiako_iliko2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_ekthesiako_iliko2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Students through interactive posters not only attend but at the same time interact with the exhibits, through games, experiments, natural habitat representations, progressive discoveries of information, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The material created is directly related to curricula of Primary and Secondary education in Cyprus. It encourages exploration and discovery and at the same time it enhances the senses. It provokes, motivates, inspires and sometimes surprises the students.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It aims at contributing into the development of environmentally literate citizens owning knowledge, values and positive attitudes towards the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The educational exhibition material of CYCERE is organized into three sections:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle; text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Natural Environment of the Akrotiri Peninsula<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">History, Culture, Tradition of the Akrotiri Peninsula<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Environmental issues &#8211; Individual and Collective Action<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #003300;\"><strong>Projection &#8211; Conference Room<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_aithousa_provolon2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1467 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_aithousa_provolon2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kikpee_kentro_aithousa_provolon2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_aithousa_provolon2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_aithousa_provolon2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In this well organized room a relevant documentary on the flora, fauna and ecosystems of the Akrotiri Peninsula is projected. This short film reveals the area&#8217;s rich biodiversity, its high environmental value and the need for protecting and conserving it. <div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #003300;\"><strong>Educational nature paths<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_monopatia_fisis2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1473 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_monopatia_fisis2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kikpee_kentro_monopatia_fisis2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_monopatia_fisis2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_monopatia_fisis2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Well-designed natural paths aim in helping the students understand some biological terms and phenomena as well as raising their environmental consciousness.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #003300;\"><strong>Wildlife watching stations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_paratiritirio2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1474 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_paratiritirio2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kikpee_kentro_paratiritirio2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_paratiritirio2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_paratiritirio2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Unique observatories as to study the wildlife and especially the significant bird populations of the Bishops Pool as well as of the nearby landscapes.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Ecology Laboratory<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_ergastirio2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1470 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_ergastirio2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kikpee_kentro_ergastirio2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_ergastirio2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_ergastirio2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u03a4The well-equipped laboratory of environmental education (biology) can contribute into the laboratory study of students and researchers as to provide them with more information and understanding about the environmental features of the peninsula. <div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #003300;\"><strong>Organic Olive grove<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_viologikos_elaionas2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1475 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_viologikos_elaionas2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kikpee_kentro_viologikos_elaionas2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_viologikos_elaionas2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_viologikos_elaionas2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;\">Organic olive tree cultivation with no use of fertilizers and pesticides.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Botanical garden with plants of Cyprus<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_votanikos_kipos2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1476 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_votanikos_kipos2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kikpee_kentro_votanikos_kipos2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_votanikos_kipos2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_votanikos_kipos2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The botanical garden with plants of Cyprus enables the visitors to familiarize themselves with the uncultivated, endemic, aromatic and rare plants of Cyprus flora.<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #003300;\"><strong>Truffle cultivation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_elaionas_troufa2.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1469 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_elaionas_troufa2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kikpee_kentro_elaionas_troufa2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_elaionas_troufa2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kykpee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/kikpee_kentro_elaionas_troufa2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Pioneering cultivation of truffles (a sort of underground mushroom) grown in symbiosis with the roots of olive trees of organic farming.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location Cyprus Center for Environmental Research and Education is located at the farm of St. Nicolas, which is situated in the Akrotiri Peninsula. For the exact location of the center you can consult the following map. Map &#8211; Directions Click here to find the map-directions to CYCERE. Facilities CYCERE has been developed based on modern &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":7548,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7412","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7412"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20243,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7412\/revisions\/20243"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kykpee.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}