The promotion of actions to inform and raise awareness among citizens both for climate change and for major environmental issues is one of our priorities, Minister of Agriculture Rural Development and Environment, Maria Panayiotou said at a press conference on Friday that marked the launch of a campaign to protect the bees.
The academic community of the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS) of UCLan Cyprus University has announced the launch of the Campaign for the Protection of the Bees, with an emphasis on the role of the bees for the environment and their contribution to humanity.
In her address at the press conference, that was read out by a Ministry official, she said that the bees’ essential role for the environment and for humans has been recognised at an international level with the establishment, by the United Nations, of May 20 as World Bee Day.
She pointed out that the European Union recognises the bee’s contribution to maintaining ecological balance and biodiversity. Taking into consideratio
n, she added, that 84% of plant species and 76% of food production in Europe depend on pollination by bees, the European Union has included the protection of pollinators as an important pillar of the European Green Deal.
The Minister stressed that the promotion of actions to inform and raise awareness among citizens both for climate change and for major environmental issues is a priority of the Ministry of Agriculture and is part of the governance program of the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides and referred to a series of additional initiatives that aim to the protection of the bees.
The campaign is also supported by the Office of the Commissioner for the Environment Antonia Theodosiou.
Source: Cyprus News Agency
