European Commission on Tuesday approved a funding of 4.1 million euro for Cyprus for projects that fall under the EU Life+ programme, the EU’s environmental fund.
The EC has approved funding for 248 new projects which cover actions in the fields of nature conservation, climate change, environmental policy and information and communication on environmental issues across all Member States.
As regard Cyprus, the 4.1 mln cover three projects. The first one is called LIFE LIVE-WASTE and will be implemented by the Cyprus University of Technology.
This project’s objectives are to develop, demonstrate and evaluate an integrated system for treatment of livestock waste that involves several advanced integrated processes. This system will recover materials and energy from livestock waste and produce reusable effluent, whilst lowering greenhouse gas emissions and odours.
The second project LIFE+ SmartPV which will be put into practice by the University of Cyprus aims to help point the way towards a more economically and environmentally sustainable electricity grid in Cyprus and Europe whereby cost-optimum penetration of photovoltaic technology in the energy mix will contribute to the reduction of air polluting emissions.
Energy efficiency savings and positive effects in green sustainable growth (e.g. employment in eco-industry) are other forecast benefits.
The LIFE-RIZOELIA project of the Department of Forests has a primary aim to promote and enable the long-term conservation in Cyprus of two protected habitats: arborescent matorral with Zyziphus and gypsum steppes.
It will do so by halting or significantly reducing the natural and anthropogenic pressures and threats that contribute to their long-term degradation.
All the projects across the EU cover actions in the fields of nature conservation, climate change, environmental policy and information and communication on environmental issues across all Member States.
Overall, they represent a total investment of some EUR 556.4 million, of which the EU will provide EUR 281.4 million.