The Biodiversity of Cyprus

On the 3rd of October 2011 the Association for the Protection of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity of Cyprus will inaugurate at 6.30 pm at the Panos Solomonides Cultural Centre in Limassol a scientific exhibition on ‘The Biodiversity of Cyprus from Prehistoric times to the present day’. This exhibition is the first of its kind in Cyprus and is organized in association with the Limassol Municipality and the Technological University of Cyprus (TEPAK). The exhibition will be on until 27 October 2011.

The exhibits and the photographic material is the outcome of the efforts of naturalists and researchers George and Fani Constantinou, members of the Association for the Protection of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity of Cyprus.

The exhibition is of an educational character and its aim is to display the Cypriot biodiversity since prehistoric times using thousands of real specimens as well as 700 pictures.

The pictures include rare butterflies and moths, insects, mammals, reptiles, wild flowers and herbs, seashells and other marine life and snails, covering the entire Cyprus biodiversity spectrum. The actual exhibits include thousands of geological specimens and fossils, ranging from whale bones and shark teeth to dwarf hippos and elephants, seashells ,fossilized leaves and pine cones and bones of the first domesticated animals of Cyprus.

The exhibition is of interest to pupils and students, tourists, educationalists and scientists who share an interest in our natural and cultural heritage and its protection.