The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting communities right around the world hard, and the nine members of the Conservation Collective (CC) are no exception. The crisis is creating a range of problems for most of the islands in our network as ‘business as usual’ is interrupted. Those heavily reliant on food imports struggle as global supply chains are…
The world consumes over 300 million tonnes of plastic each year. But when did we start using plastic? And why? Where does all the plastic waste go? Journey through the life cycle of plastic – how plastics are produced and recycled, the many uses of plastics throughout the last century, how our plastic use and…
We are pleased to announce that the CPF has joined an international island coalition aiming to reduce and eliminate the single-use plastic products from the tourism industry. We have already submitted our joint proposal to potential funding mechanisms, including international big foundations and we will be prepared for the EU Life grants. Depending on available…
We are pleased to announce the continuation of the first version “Pick the Alien” in Santorini in 2019, with a new CPF grant to our partner iSEA. During this first phase of the project our partner informed the local community about alien species while we discussed with local fishers about the difficulties they meet regarding alien species and their…
A pretty and distinctive little waterbird, the mandarin duck was introduced from the Far East as its name suggests. Oddly for a duck, it nests in trees, sometimes high above the water. Mandarin ducks are actually quite shy birds, often hiding beneath overhanging willows and usually only forming small flocks. One of these beauties is…
We are very impressed by the progress reported by our partners ‘Friends of the environmental and cultural Park of Paros Association‘ regarding one of the projects we granted last year, the anti-erosion earthworks and the creation of a Botanical garden in Paros Park aiming to revegetate and enhance biodiversity in a typically degraded area, and proud to share…
Want to know how the first Marine Litter Station in Greece became a success story? Almost a year ago our partners Aegean Rebreath started with the warm support by the Cyclades Preservation Fund and in cooperation with Δήμος Αντιπάρου / Municipality of Antiparosυ and Επιτροπή Ανακύκλωσης Δήμου Αντιπάρου – Antiparos Recycling Committee… a challenging and complex mission! Today, the municipal…
Enaleia organized for the 1st time the educational course about sustainable fishing & fishing tourism – “Fish Smarter” in collaboration with the Cyclades Preservation Fund and the Costas M. Lemos Foundation, aiming to give a full perspective of what fishing tourism is as a concept, as well as one professional fisherman can obtain a license for that…
We are proud supporting our partner THE GREEN TANK implementing the project “EU Financing Greece towards a sustainable future in the Cyclades ” aiming to document and promote the opportunities that Greece, including the region of the Cyclades, has to allocate and use EU funds of the 2021-2027 programming period, which are now planned, so…
We are happy to report that we have now some new businesses on our side which enable more exemplary CPF projects on the ground, such as : –Experiential Yachting supporting the ‘new SeaBin’ in the harbour of Naoussa Paros, –Kanava Hotels& Resorts supporting our ‘Greening Schools‘ programme in Paros and the ‘Me and My Plastic‘ programme in Santorini, and –Five Star…
