Τεύχος 3, Σεπτέμβριος 2007

On the Brighter Side.
By Anna Hassapi

It's been an eventful summer, and one that most of us have come to associate with images of fire and destruction on out TV screens. As I watched the horrific images of the fire, I kept remembering the words of my Geography professor at university in the US; he took us on a field trip to the Everglades National Park in Florida and kept talking about how the ecosystem there is sustained by surface fires that periodically break out. He talked about how fire can be "helpful" and not just "harmful", which at the time seemed quite strange to me- a virtual Biology-illiterate. I then discovered that certain ecosystems such as prairies, savannas and jack pine forests are actually sustained by periodic fire, without which they would turn into forest!

Nevertheless, our area of the world has seen the destructive force of fire, brought by human intervention. This has raised serious questions of fire management preparedness, public agency coordination, as well as the need for proactive policies to deal with the resulting ecological destruction. This month we talk with Mr. Takis Tsindides, Senior Forest Keeper at the Forestry Department.

This issue also features the story of Mr. Cahit Basaran and his Olive Tree Project, through which he has saved hundreds of olive trees from the ax, by transplanting them in safer grounds. We also have a story on the Akamas issue, which has been central to the work of Terra Cypria, and our sister foundation, the Laona Foundation for the Regeneration of Cypriot Countryside.

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