The safety of forests from fires issues everybody and subsequently the Authorities will proceed to take all the mandatory measures with a purpose to reduce the harm brought on by fires to the smallest attainable extent, assured right this moment the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Growth and Atmosphere Maria Panagiotou.
In keeping with a press release from the Ministry, in her greeting at a tree planting occasion in Chandria organized by the Neighborhood Council in collaboration with organized group teams, the Minister of Agriculture emphasised that deforestation and the uncontrolled use of this pure useful resource have led to an alarming lower of the variety of timber worldwide, whereas on the identical time the local weather disaster has worsened the situations for forest progress, with elevated temperatures, drought and extra frequent and bigger forest fires, which destroy big areas of forest yearly.
He indicated that, subsequently, tree planting is a vital environmental initiative with a number of advantages, which impacts the well being, economic system and well-being of the whole humanity, underlining that timber, because the lungs of the Earth, via photosynthesis, take up carbon dioxide carbon and produce oxygen, offsetting greenhouse gasoline emissions and in addition offering shelter and meals for a lot of species of wildlife, contributing to soil stability and bettering air and water high quality.
“All of us have an necessary function on this effort, every in our personal means, with the final word objective of making for us and the approaching generations a greater, more healthy and free of varied pollution pure atmosphere” famous Mrs. Panagiotou whereas additionally particular reference to the tree planting program “Planting for the Local weather”, which was introduced final October by the Ministry of Agriculture and was efficiently applied by the Forestry Division for the fifth consecutive yr.
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