It is with great pleasure that I am with you today for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment and the CYENS Centre of Excellence.
The mentioned Memorandum of Understanding is expected to form the basis for the creation of a framework for cooperation between the two Organizations, in order to promote the implementation of respective actions of mutual interest and concern, with emphasis on the fields of agriculture, fisheries and environmental protection. The existing cooperation of the research potential of the CYENS Centre of Excellence with the Republic of Cyprus and the expertise of the Departments and Services of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment are expected to act as a catalyst in this direction.
The management of livestock waste, as well as of consumables of agricultural and livestock activity, the control of insect pests with beneficial insects, access to deciduous tree plots in mountainous areas, the mapping of areas where there are moth nests or outbreaks of mice and the finding of solutions to protect fruit trees from fruit bats while protecting the protected species in question, are just some of the issues that concern the Ministry's Agriculture and Rural Development Sector and could be explored in depth, providing solutions for Cypriot farmers.
In addition, in the field of the marine environment, issues such as the development of compatible systems and database for recording environmental parameters and submitting the processed data to the various reporting systems of the European Union, the recording of important species such as cetaceans and turtles and their populations for the estimation of populations of protected species, the development of an operational traffic model, which will record the behaviour of marine currents in the EEZ of the Republic of Cyprus for exploitation in the future, and the establishment of a database for the monitoring of the marine environment.e.g. against sources of hydrocarbon releases to the environment or for public health reasons) and in general the creation of an easily accessible data centre for the marine environment, are of particular interest to the Ministry. Our aim is to create the conditions for further promotion and development of applied research in the above areas of interest, in line with the objectives of the Green Agreement and with a focus on the Cypriot farmer.
Thank you.
(MKE)
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