Nicosia's sewerage treatment plant has been upgraded and expanded, as it is an essential municipal link for the present well-being of its residents, as well as for the future of the city as a whole.

The ambient air quality on the island is also being monitored in a project aimed at optimising the monitoring network to tackle air pollution.

Other environmental projects include a water leakage detection project, aimed at tackling severe losses from the water distribution system in the Nicosia area, and a clean up of the city's only major waterway, Pedieos River, to prepare the surrounding area as a public park.

Several clean up campaigns have also been organised for the beaches of the island, while a threat to olive trees, so characteristic a feature of Cyprus, is being headed off by a project to carry out an inventory and assessment of the olive tree population.

Through the many environmental activities and campaigns led by the Bi-communal Development Programme, as well as its numerous recycling and waste management projects, the environmental wealth of the island is being promoted and preserved.