The Forestry Department in Konitsa, NW Greece introduced a three-year ban on cattle grazing at the regions of Drakolimni and Rizina Lakes in the mountainous area of Zagori, to protect the environment, the Environment & Energy Ministry said on Thursday, according to ANA.
Explaining the decision, the ministry said it will stem the environmental downgrading of the lakes due to periodic and uncontrolled grazing of cattle that gather at the lakes. The grazing has resulted in partial or full destruction of plants and the erosion of the land in the alpine lake region, as well as the pollution of the wetlands from high levels of ammonia.
Drakolimni Lake of Tymfi in particular has been designated a Special Protection Area (SPA) for wild birds in the EU’s Natura network.
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