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ZAKYNTHOS NATIONAL MARINE PARK Staff: No pay for 8 months! |
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| · Although the Greek government
continue to announce agreed funding for the Zakynthos National Marine Park,
the Management Agency of the Park have revealed that of 200,000 Euros allocated,
the government only paid the Park 37,000 Euros in the whole of 2003. As
a result the full time staff of the Park have not been paid for the past
8 months, and the 2003 seasonal beach guards have only received 50% of their
earnings!
· Two quarries operating within the boundaries of the Park continue to expand, destroying the skyline of Scopos mountain. · The obsolete biological waste treatment plant above the nesting beaches continues to pollute the sea. · Without any reference to the Park Authority,
but apparently with a permit from the local administration, construction
of a huge holiday village by “Alkyonides Villages AXTEE” within
the Park was commenced and proceeded to roof level, before a temporary
injunction could be obtained from the Courts. · A new illegal building has been started close to Daphne nesting beach. · The new 11 member Management Committee
for the ZNMP, set up by the revised Presidential Decree, is packed with
government and local authority representatives, local hotel owners, bed
& breakfast operators, and farmers. Only one environmental NGO representative
is allowed, and even then he must be approved by the Minister of the Environment.
Hardly a vote that will make much difference to the running of the Park! |
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