 Bonn,
26 June 2008 - The AEWA Secretariat is pleased to announce
that Cyprus will be the 60th Contracting Party to AEWA as
of 1 September 2008.
As the third largest Mediterranean island, Cyprus is crossed
by millions of migrants every year. Nearly 200 bird species
occur as regular passage migrants and 90 bird species are
regular winter visitors. The island has 16 Important Bird
Areas (IBAs) covering an area of 1,305 km2, which is 14%
of the land area. Many of the IBAs include areas of agricultural
land, scrub (maquis & garrigue) and forests, but some
are also predominantly wetlands sites, others are at least
partially wetland habitats.
Cyprus is also an important stopover site for a number
of AEWA bird species with an unfavourable conservation status
such as the White-headed Duck (Oxyra leucocephala),
the Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii), the
Common Crane (Grus grus) or the Shelduck (Tadorna
tadorna).
Cyprus is already Party to a number of other international
environmental Conventions such as the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD), the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory
Species of Wild Animals (CMS), the Barcelona Convention
and the Bern Convention.
The AEWA Secretariat welcomes Cyprus to the “AEWA
Family” and looks forward to a fruitful cooperation
regarding the implementation of the Agreement in Cyprus!
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