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From today's Cyprus Mail.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/12/30/2018-beauty-falls-victim-to-the-hunt-for-profit/

The proclamation of the Akamas National Park development plan by cabinet on November 2 set the stage for an arson-laden month, as individuals apparently took it upon themselves to erase what should be a protected area, making way for projects of private profit.

In a period usually marking the end of the fire season, the first two weeks of November this year saw five fires in the Akamas area, burning six hectares of wild vegetation.

Of course arson is nothing new. According to the forestry department, nine out of 10 fires are caused by people, while in the period 2010-2017, which saw a total of 1,001 fires across the island, 197 fires (26 per cent) of the 759 fires that had anthropogenic causes were deliberately set.

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