REFORESTATION

 REFORESTATION HOW TO TURN THE GREEK LANDSCAPE GREEN AFTER FIRES

 

 

With every devastating fire in Greece, reforestation becomes the second most crucial issue after state assistance to those affected.   Former west Attica Forest Director, Dimitris Spathis, offered his ideas about reforestation to the press recently.

 

Last August, the government ordered the deforestation process to start immediately in the affected areas, where forests and homes coexist.  Large trees were to be planted in villages in Attica and Evia so that the results would be visible in a short time. 

 

Authorities noted that none-fire-prone species were to be used to reforest these areas.  They should function as a wall of defense against possible future infernos.  The ministry also decided to subsidize 6 wildlife treatment centers in areas affected by fires.

 

In a contentious move, the government-sponsored legislative act transferred the forest services from decentralized administrations to the General Directorate of Forests and Environment Ministry.

Many analysts, among them Former West Attica Forest Director, Dimitris Spathis that that was a mistake.

 

“We were given a lesson by the Polish and Romanian firefighters,” said Spathis.  “It was one that we already knew, though until 1998 when the forest protection was in charge of the forests of Greece.”

 

 

 

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