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nine hours after they broke out. The head of the forestry department
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Save Akamas, Save Cyprus organisation protested with the slogan āHands off Akamasā. Since 2017, arsonists have set approximately 80 fires in or around the
National Forest Park, they said. āThe state is at best tolerating and at worst encouraging such criminal behaviour.ā Agriculture Minister
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for birds. However, of the terrestrial area of Akamas proposed as a Natura 2000 area in 2003, only 50% was so designated by the government of Cyprus in 2009. The area is threatened by tourist development and the planned A7 motorway between Polis and
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said that economic interests are behind fires that were deliberately set in a bid to sabotage plans to declare the area as a
National Forest by 2022. He made clear that the 'Akamas National Forest' plan remains on track.
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Akamas has branded itself as an exclusive destination and tourists who come tend to be seeking more than "sun, sea and sand", being more interested in culture, biodiversity and specialist sports such as golf or hiking.
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for military exercises and as a firing range. Under the 1960 Treaty of
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