Conservation
A stamp issued by Brasil in 1976 and given to me by my friend L
It was brought out to commemorate the
CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
The photo was taken on the way back from Sparta to Corinth in June
There appears to be a part of the hillside reforested, the trees are all the same size and the line stops very abruptly. There are also a few Eucalyptus trees planted on the edge of the Pine trees
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I asked my son M to find out some information about this obviously reforested area in the photo and he sent me the following information in Greek, which I have very roughly translated
"Στην περιοχή των Βρεσθένων είχε γίνει μία εκτεταμένη αναδασωτική προσπάθεια κατά το παρελθόν με την ενρητίνωση των θαμνώνων με Pinus radiata (παραθαλάσσια πεύκη - αμερικανική) και P. maritima (μεσογειακή πεύκη - της δυτικής Μεσογείου), που θεωρείται ότι αντιστοιχούν στο περιβάλλον των αείφυλλων πλατύφυλλων, και μετά από μία καταστροφική πρόσφατη πυρκαγιά, σε ολόκληρη την περιοχή έγινε αναδάσωση μόνο με Pinus maritima και ήδη, με την ταχεία ανάπτυξή της, έχει αλλάξει την φυσιογνωμία στην συγκεκριμένη περιοχή".
“There had been an extensive reforestation attempt in the Vresthena area in the past with the ενρητίνωση [ artificial introduction of cone bearing trees to enrich the downgraded forests of deciduous or evergreen broad-leaved trees] of the scrub/maquis with Pinus radiata, Monterey pine and Pinus maritima, Pinus pinaster, which in theory correspond to the environment of the deciduous broad- leaved trees, then after a recent catastrophic fire , the whole area was reforested using only Pinus maritima, Pinus pinaster which already, with its fast growth, has changed the appearance of the particular area “
To read about forest fires, how to try to prevent them and plants that are less inflammable than others go to
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 51, January 2008
There are articles by Meral Cleary, Brian Chatterton, Trevor Nottle, Katherine Greenberg, Jennifer Gay and Caroline Harbouri on the subject