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What is the significance of sustainable resource management for the functioning of Mediterranean island societies? How do human-environment relations reflect in a multi-ethnic religious landscape? This book poses these questions in the context of the Ottoman, British, and modern history of Cyprus. It explores the socio-ecological dimension of the Cyprus conflict and considers the role of local environmental practices for historical coexistence and modern division. The book synthesizes theoretical approaches from the research on 'religion and ecology' with the anthropology of Cyprus, with the goal to develop and establish an ecological perspective on coexistence and conflict in the Mediterranean. Religion is seen as the place where local representations of nature and traditions of resource management are generated and maintained. The work takes a comparative look at the impact of Eastern Orthodox and Islamic institutions on the island's landscape, as well as the religious and economic practices of the rural peasant communities. The findings are then spelled out in the context of current discourses on religion, environmental ethics, and social justice.

Nature --- Ecotheology --- Eco-theology --- Ecology --- Theology --- Human ecology --- Philosophy of nature --- Religion and science --- Religious aspects. --- Religious aspects --- Religious interpretations --- Cyprus --- Kıbrıs --- Kypros --- Zypern --- Chypre --- Qubruṣ --- Kipriaki Dhimokratia --- Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti --- Cipro --- Chipre --- Cypern --- Kipŭr --- Tsiprus --- Kypriakē Dēmokratia --- Republic of Cyprus --- Ciper --- Κύπρος --- Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία --- Kipr --- Кипр --- Ostrov Kipr --- Остров Кипр --- Cyprus (Turkish republic of northern Cyprus, 1983- ) --- Cyprus (Turkish federated state, 1975-1983) --- Religion. --- History. --- Nature - Religious aspects --- Ecotheology - Cyprus --- Cyprus - Religion --- Cyprus - History

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KEY ISSUES Background: The large imbalances that accumulated prior to the global financial crisis culminated in a collapse of the banking sector in early 2013. In response, the authorities took unprecedented measures and adopted an economic adjustment program, supported by official financing, aimed at securing financial stability and fiscal sustainability. Recent developments and outlook: GDP contracted sharply in 2013. Wages and prices also declined, and unemployment increased. While bank deposit outflows have slowed, non-performing loans have risen sharply, and credit remains impaired. The outlook is difficult, with the recession expected to continue this year, followed by a modest recovery starting next year. Risks remain tilted to the downside. Reform agenda: The authorities need to overcome recent delays in the implementation of their adjustment program. A key priority is addressing high non-performing loans, which requires putting in place a strong private-sector debt-restructuring framework, including legislation to facilitate foreclosures, complemented by a modernized insolvency regime. Banks should continue to restructure and build strong capital buffers. Removal of external-payment restrictions must proceed prudently. Continued fiscal consolidation is required to ensure long-run sustainability, complemented by firm implementation of structural reforms.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. --- Economic forecasting --- Economics --- Forecasting --- Economic indicators --- Global Economic Crisis, 2008-2009 --- Subprime Mortgage Crisis, 2008-2009 --- Financial crises --- International Monetary Fund --- Internationaal monetair fonds --- International monetary fund --- Cyprus --- Kıbrıs --- Kypros --- Zypern --- Chypre --- Qubruṣ --- Kipriaki Dhimokratia --- Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti --- Cipro --- Chipre --- Cypern --- Kipŭr --- Tsiprus --- Kypriakē Dēmokratia --- Republic of Cyprus --- Ciper --- Κύπρος --- Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία --- Kipr --- Кипр --- Ostrov Kipr --- Остров Кипр --- Cyprus (Turkish republic of northern Cyprus, 1983- ) --- Cyprus (Turkish federated state, 1975-1983) --- Economic policy. --- Economic conditions. --- Banks and Banking --- Public Finance --- Industries: Financial Services --- Data Transmission Systems --- Criminology --- Banks --- Depository Institutions --- Micro Finance Institutions --- Mortgages --- Debt --- Debt Management --- Sovereign Debt --- National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General --- Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law --- Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data --- Data Access --- Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General --- Banking --- Public finance & taxation --- Finance --- Macroeconomics --- Corporate crime --- white-collar crime --- Public debt --- Public financial management (PFM) --- Nonperforming loans --- Commercial banks --- Financial institutions --- Revenue administration --- Banks and banking --- Debts, Public --- Finance, Public --- Loans --- Money laundering --- Revenue --- White-collar crime