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Cyprus Forestry and Fishing
The main forests of the "TRNC" were in the areas of
Lapithos,
Bellapais, Buffavento, Kantara, and Kartal--all located
along the
Kyrenia (Girne) Range. Forests located on the northern
slopes of
the Kyrenia Range were a mixture of pine and Mediterranean
cypress.
Forests on the southern slopes of the Kyrenia Range and in
the
Karpas Peninsula were mostly olive brush and tamarisk.
Cedar and
golden oak (both endemic to Cyprus), plane, and alder were
also
found in the "TRNC," as were species of eucalyptus and
acacia. The
Muslim religious foundation Evkaf had some forest
holdings, but
most forests were state owned and managed by the
Department of
Forestry, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural
Resources.
One of the department's aims was reforestation of the
barren slopes
of Pentadaktylos Mountain (Besparmak Mountain) in the
Kyrenia Range
and other forest areas burned during fighting in 1974,
estimated at
forty-eight square kilometers of "TRNC" territory.
Forestry
provided some employment but was of almost no significance
to the
economy as a whole, accounting for only 0.1 percent of GDP
in the
late 1980s.
The fishing industry met about 60 percent of domestic
demand
and was a significant source of employment in Boghaz
(Bogaz) on the
southern coast of the Karpas Peninsula and Kyrenia.
Deep-sea
fishing was done by trawlers. Most Turkish Cypriot
fishermen,
however, used small boats with fishing nets. Foreign
vessels were
not permitted to fish within the six-mile territorial
limit of the
"TRNC." In the late l980s, fishing accounted for only
about 0.6
percent of GDP.
Data as of January 1991
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