Cyprus: an island encircled by breakwaters
If you have been to Governor’s beach over the past year, you may have wondered about the large tetrahedron-shaped blocks that have been piled up further up on the ...
Construction of new Larnaca breakwaters suspended
The environmental department on Wednesday announced that it has put plans to construct 15 reef breakwaters along the Larnaca coastline on hold, citing concerns about the potential harm to the region’...
Relief after Paphos wave breaker plan ditched
Environmentalists this week breathed a sigh of relief at the decision that the building of a long line of breakwaters along the north Paphos coastline has been decisively deemed a ...
Audit office slams environment department after breakwater collapse
The audit service slammed the environment department in a report on Friday, accusing it of not doing everything it could over the jetty construction at Paralimni marina.
The findings detail ...
Planned breakwaters in Paphos will damage the marine habitat, say environmentalists
The plan to construct breakwaters in coastal tourist areas of Paphos and Yeroskipou will cause significant destruction of the south-west coast and marine environment, the federation of environmental organisations (Opok) ...
Breakwaters: A coastline coated with rocks
As they spring up everywhere, environmentalists question the value of breakwaters as the answer to maintaining sandy beaches and preventing coastal erosion
There are five planned for Chlorakas and nine ...
Plans for Chlorakas coast branded ‘dangerous’
Concerns about the environmental costs and risks to public safety posed by the plans to upgrade the Chlorakas coastline were expressed on Sunday by President of the AKTI Rehabilitation and ...
Kissonerga calls for speedy creation of breakwaters
The community council of Kissonerga has urged the department of public works to speed up the construction of a breakwater in Potima Bay to protect it from erosion.
Speaking on ...