Sitia Geopark at the seminar "The Mediterranean diet in the past and in the present. Application in education" On March 29, 2024 during the seminar "The Mediterranean diet in the past and in the present. Application in education" the coordinator of the Sitia Geopark informed the participants about the implementation and practices of the LIFE AgrOassis...
Completion of farmers’ competition in Crete– Milestone 4 The submission of applications from farmers in Crete to participate in the land-selection competition was completed on October 6, 2023. Submission of applications began on March 20, 2023. Submission was made through an application distributed to farmers at the project’s informative meetings. The total land offered to the project...
First meeting of the LIFE AgrOassis Scientific Committee On March 6, 2024, the first meeting of the Scientific Committee of the LIFE AgrOassis project took place.The project coordinator Dr. Panagiotis Dalias, gave a brief overview of the project and the progress so far, while presentations followed by the heads of each workpackage on the individual actions,...
2nd LIFE - AgrOassis project partners' meeting The second meeting of the Life AgrOassis project partners took place on Tuesday, March 5 2024 at the Open University of Cyprus. The project partners from Greece joined the meeting online. At the meeting, a summary was made of the development of the project and all implementation actions that...
Open University of Cyprus at the LIFE AgrOassis tree planting event On Saturday, March 2nd, students of the Open University of Cyprus had the opportunity to observe and contribute to the actions of the LIFE AgrOassis project.In the framework of the thematic unit "Management of Terrestrial Ecosystems" of the Postgraduate Program "Environmental Conservation and Management"...
Last LIFE AgrOassis tree planting event of the season! Reaching the end of the planting season (winter 2023-24) and having already planted over 2,000 saplings, we invite you to participate in the last tree planting event of this season, on March 2 and 3, in Peristerona. Join us and contribute to the creation of yet another green...
1st tree planting in Deneia, February 2024 The first tree planting of the LIFE AgrOassis project in Deneia took place on 2,3 and 4th of February. 540 deep-rooted saplings and scrubs were planted by groups of volunteers!We express our warm thanks to the volunteers from UNFICYP, Deneia Community Council, Vassos Eliades, Project Management Institute, Cardet, Tamoil,...
Article published in “Agrotis“ magazine, December 2023 The article “AgrOassis: Project funded by the LIFE program to address the desertification of agricultural land” which provides an overview of the project by Panagiotis Dalias, Agricultural Research Officer A' at the Agricultural Research Institute and project coordinator of LIFE AgrOassis was published in the 489th issue of the...
UNFICYP at the LIFE AgrOassis tree planting event On 3 February, the Senior Police Adviser of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Assistant Police Commissioner Satu Koivu, participated with members of the Force in a tree planting event organised within the framework of the LIFE AgrOassis project on agricultural land in the community of...
Upcoming tree planting events of LIFE AgrOassis The LIFE AgrOassis team invites you to the upcoming volunteer tree plantings on November and December 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.During the tree plantings, deep-rooted plants specially adapted to drought are used for the first time to restore green zones on degraded agricultural land. The measure...