#forestry department

The forestry department reminded the public on Wednesday that cutting trees to burn them in the traditional ‘Lambradjia’ [Easter bonfires] is illegal. Ahead of the Easter holidays, the agriculture ministry’...

Labour union Pasyek Peo on Friday called on the forestry department to staff as many stations in mountainous areas as possible in view of the summer season and the consequent ...

The single-seed hawthorn (known on the island as Kochinomosfilia) has been named Cyprus’ tree of the year for 2023, the forestry department announced on Monday. This species of the tree, with ...

Cyprus is upgrading its long-distance hiking experiences by setting up two forest shelters in the Paphos forest. The two shelters, described as historic – they are converted and restored from an ...

The Greens party expressed their outrage on Thursday over the findings of the auditor general’s report which stated that the forestry department grossly overpaid for firefighting helicopters. The party ...

They destroyed the sand dunes on Makronissos beach and nobody will do anything about it By Efi Xanthou Significant damage was wrought on the sand dunes of Makronissos beach in ...

The Tree Festival, which takes place each year on the fourth Sunday in November in Cyprus, has been celebrated on the island since 1920, the forestry department reported, in its announcement ...

The Department of Forests denied on Monday that it got a raw deal in relation to the leasing of two firefighting helicopters, after a local newspaper published fresh allegations about ...

2022 has been the most successful in terms of fire management and prevention efforts for decades, the forestry department said Monday. Of the 179 fires that broke out on lands managed by ...

As Cyprus enters its mushroom picking season, the forestry department is calling on the public not to use rakes as this violates the law surrounding foraging. It can be sentenced ...

The auditor-general’s office on Tuesday called suggestions it leaked reports on irregularities in the leasing of firefighting helicopters to the press as “absurd”. The office is carrying out an ...

The use of drones by the forestry department is set to be stepped up further after their introduction in August to monitor areas at the risk of fire, its head ...

Traffic has been restored at Larnaca airport after it was diverted because of an accident that took place at the airport’s runway earlier on Friday. Nobody was injured during ...

All processes followed were in line with the Republic’s laws and regulations said the forestry department on Wednesday responding to allegations of irregular dealings in the hiring of two ...

Lit coals caused the fire in Pedoulas on Wednesday evening which was swiftly brought under control by six firefighters and two firetrucks. The incident has been reported to the police ...

Three fire trucks have been donated by the company Exness to the forestry department’s firefighting unit. The agriculture minister and head of the forestry department attended the handover ceremony, ...

The unlicensed felling of trees to fuel Easter bonfires or, lampradjia, is a punishable offence under the law, the forestry department warned on Wednesday. The department further warned about the ...

Forestry department staff of the airborne unit will not fly firefighting sorties from next month in protest at the government’s ongoing indifference to their longstanding demands. In a press ...

The forestry department delivered a 13-metre-long trunk of a fir tree to Karnayio shipyard in Limassol to replace the mast of the Kyrenia-Eleftheria, a replica of the ancient wreck of ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis is in Strasbourg to attend the informal meeting of his EU counterparts which will on Monday and Tuesday focus on the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. ...

Forestry department workers continued a work to rule on Tuesday which they said will go on indefinitely to protest understaffing issues. According to the forestry department faction of labour union ...

The forestry department has taken delivery of three new state of the art fire trucks that are equipped with a high and low pressure pump and can transport 3.5 tons of ...

The Avakas gorge nature trail in Peyia, Paphos is now closed to visitors due to increased flow of water in the gorge, the forestry department said on Wednesday. The forestry ...

Forestry department employees protest understaffing Forestry Department employees are staging a three-hour work stoppage on Friday to protest understaffing. The employees gathered outside the finance ministry on Friday morning, before ...