One fifth of the areas burned by the fires that swept through mountainous Limassol villages last week were part of the Natura 2000 network, the Eratosthenis Centre of Excellence on Monday.
In its mapping of the fire, it said 21 per cent was these areas. The protected places affected include Potamos Paramaliou, Ha Potami and Koilada tou Limniti.
“The land will take decades to recover,” the centre said, “this loss
