Pax wrote:bill cobbett wrote:
No mate.
Forests will naturally recover from fires; re-seeding and re-establishing themselves, as they do in the Free Areas of the Troodos. What you see in the Kyrenia Mountains, where you are lucky to see a single tree, is deliberate destruction by the Turkish Army.
Bill Cobbett - I've just spent the afternoon walking in the Pentadaktylos/Besparmak, including as they run behind Kyrenia. I can assure you that there are tens of thousands of trees. Wherever do you get the idea that you'd be "lucky to see a single tree" ?
I agree that the quarrying is an environmental disaster (You should see what has happened to parts of Derbyshire or Dorset !) but acceleration of stone quarrying for export to Turkey is a direct function of economic isolation. If the country can only export through Turkey and it only has limited export capacity, and one of them is in stone, it is hardly surprising that stone will be exported.
There is absolutely no evidence that the Turkish army deliberately sets fire to forests. Yes such a story feeds well into the anti-Turkey propaganda machine but it is basically bollocks. Of what possible use to Turkey would setting forests alight be ? I'd have thought we're well past the "GCs/TCs ate my baby" stage of history.
My Dear Pax,
Very pleased to hear of your afternoon well spent in what is left of the Northern Mountains.
I do not know Derbyshire terribly well but must thank you for the opportunity to say that I know Dorset very well indeed and am able to tell you that the relatively small scale quarrying for the much prized Purbeck Marble in this latter county of GB is one with strict environmental controls and whose use as a local building material in the built environment can be seen in some of the most attractive, post-card picture villages of Englsh Villages in such places as Corfe and the Matravers. Much the same can be said of the situation on Portland, again in DorsetGB, and another placeI have visited many, many times, whose stone has been used in some of the most notable buildings here in London.
So these are Enhancements to our much-cherished GB Countryside. The same, and I think that you would agree, can't be said of the plain and simple exploitation and get rich quick with a few back-handers, under the table, to the Usual Suspect Big-Wig Thieves in the Illegal Regime in Tnucland
As to my allegations regarding the Turkish Army of Occupation's habit of deliberate deforestation, I can only suggest that we see this as maintaining lines of sight and denying the CY NG Liberation Army defensive cover in the passes.
