EXPERTS AND ENVİRONMENTAL VOLUNTEERS ARE İNVİTED TO A MORE EFFECTİVE CAMPAİGN

Red bug invasion is continuing in the country and particularly in Kyrenia. The red bugs supposedly came to the island in the previous years with palm trees that were imported to contribute to the environment, and are damaging the country’s forests and causing the palm trees to wither.

Experts and environmental volunteers are drew attention to the fact that hundreds of trees are under threat and invited the Ministry of Agriculture and the local municipalities to a more effective campaign.

Experts also drew attention to the importance of informing the public about the threat to the environment from the bugs and called the authorities and relevant bodies to support a more effective campaign.
“It is wrong to Make the Dried up trees into Flower pots and Tables’’

Experts stated that it is wrong to make use of the trees trunks that have been dried up and decayed by the red bugs as decorative garden furniture, flower pots and tables, and pointed out that the red bugs continue to reproduce in the the roots and trunks of the dried up trees and this creates a natural breeding ground for them. The experts advice that the dried up trees be uprooted and burnt, and is the responsibility of local municipalities and official institutions and emphasized that if the threat of red bugs continues, this will cause permanent damage to the environment.