Archive of projects

B. Landscape activities and projects:

• Workshop on the European Landscape Convention co-organised with the Cyprus Department of Town Planning and Housing to introduce the Convention to technocrats involved in its implementation.
• Round-Table discussion on Landscape identification for technocrats led by Professor Carys Swanwick of Sheffield University, 2005-6.
• Workshop on Landscape Character Assessment led by specialists from Reading University, 2007.
• Production of the first Landscape map of Cyprus, in cooperation with the University of Reading, and presentation to involved government departments, 2008.
• Sustainable Rehabilitation of abandoned Mines and Quarries, bi-communal project funded by UN, 2008-09, involving a Think Tank with experts from both communities.
• Developing a rural cultural Landscape map of Cyprus, funded by the Department of Town Planning, 2011.
• Coordination of Medscapes Project (Greece, Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon) to develop a common methodology for mapping the landscape in the Eastern Mediterranean. Funding by European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI), 2013-2016.
• Sponsoring Cypriot participation in the World Conference of ITLA (International Alliance of Terraced Landscapes) in 2016 and 2018, which led to setting up a Think Tank on the potential utilisation of abandoned terraces.

C. Promoting Fytiotiko weaving in cooperation with Fyti community.

A series of activities starting in 2011 involving: filming of the weaving process, and discussions with the community; a seminar in cooperation with Frederick University in 2013, showing the particularity of Fytiotiko and its potential for contemporary adaptation; securing the inclusion of Fytiotiko on our National List of Intangible Heritage (2016) in line with UNESCO procedure; training 13 young weavers in this traditional skill; recording the construction of the loom. Currently a guide for weavers is under preparation. PRESS for more information.

D. Publications:

• Walks, Strolls and Drives in Laona, 1990 (out of print)
• The Birdwatcher’s Guide, 1991 (out of print)
• Manual on Restoration of traditional buildings in Laona (1991), in Greek only.
• Guidelines on furnishing and equipping traditional houses offered for agro tourism, 1993.
• Laona-Akamas, Myths and Legends (in Greek, English, French and German), 1996.
• River Valley Project – Final Report on the Ecological Survey of the Kilades (River Valleys) Project LIFE 99 TCY/CY/111 by Nicholas Symons, MA Director of the Cyprus Environmental Studies Centre, Kritou Terra, Cyprus, and Bridgit Symons, BSc, 2002.
• Preliminary Model for Sustainable Rural Development in the East Mediterranean, CD, 2002
• Report by the Think Tank on Sustainable Rehabilitation of Mines and Quarries, 2008-09.

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