Book ID: 38977
Thirgood, J. V.
Cyprus. A Chronicle of its Forests, Land, and People. 1987. 41 black & white photos. figs. tabs. 11 portr. XVIII,371 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
Contents (partly): The Cyprus Backcloth (Historical Perspective/ A General Description of the Island/ The People and the Economy/ The History of the Cyprus Forests Prior to 1878/ The Forests in 1878)/Forest Development Under the British Occupation (The Early Years, 1878-85: First Tasks, Recommendations, and Plans/ Laying Foundations and Creating an Infrastructure for a Forest Administration, 1886-1921/Accelerating Technical Development, 1922-60/ Consequences of the Policyof Protection in the Mountain Forests: The Forests of Cyprus at the End of the British Occupation)/ Epilogue (Twenty-Five Years of Forestry under the Republic)/ References/ Books of general interest/ Appendixes(Senior Forest Staff/ A Statement of Forest Policy/ The Forest Laws/Etienne de Lusignan's List of Fuel Woods in Sixteenth-Century Cyprus/Soil Classification/ Climatic Data. - This is the story of the first and oldest forestry service in the British Empire and of the people and forests that it served.