NEWS - ANNOUNCEMENTS

The posting of the new revised forest maps has started  , in order to raise objections,  in the areas  where permitted, with a view to  in 2022 to have  ratify forest maps throughout the country.  It is noted that the posting process  had started in the spring of 2021 and  due to the large mobilizations  farmers  but also institutions in Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese and Ionian islands   an extension of six months was granted in order  to correct the maps. 
What are the biggest problems that have arisen with forest maps and need to be solved?
1. Map rendering errors that led to incorrect   characterizations and need to be corrected   home from  Forest Services
2. No.  were included      in the corrected maps all  the decisions of the Management.
3. They were not examined  overdue  manifest error requests from individuals in areas where forest maps have been ratified, covering up to 50%  about the country.
4. All reforestable, forest and grassland areas  , were considered public lands  and the Greek State made a statement  property in the Land Registry.
5. Forested  Fields  shown in the aerial photograph of 1945 that they were arable land  and then abandoned and forested  , are characterized as  forested areas  and  their ownership by the Greek State is disputed.
6. Areas that have been cultivated for 50-70 years  and  registered in the olive and viticultural cadastre and subsidized by the European  Union, are regarded as  forest areas that have changed their use illegally, with the result that their ownership is not recognized and their subsidies are endangered.
6.  Arbitrary in Forests and forest areas <<  Residential Densities >>, which had exploded  from the posting of forest maps should  to register on a special electronic platform  , in order to then consider the possibility  their settlement.