“Nobody was ready for this fire,” says forestry chief
“This fire burned everything in its path. It was a ghost fire,” said Savvas Iezekiel, head of the forestry department, speaking a day after the flames were finally contained.
“It ...
Forestry college to reopen in January
The forestry college is to reopen in January, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Wednesday, with its first intake of students scheduled for September next year.
Panayiotou was speaking after ...
Forestry departments protest lack of staff on international day
Forestry department employees, members of Pasydy, held a symbolic protest outside the agriculture and finance ministries on Monday – International Day of Forests – to lobby for additional staff to help address ...
Hundreds of trees planted in Oroklini and Athienou
A total of 370 trees are being planted in the Prophitis Elias area of Oroklini on Monday near a picnic site as the community steps up efforts to increase its green ...