Forestry college to reopen in January

The forestry college is to reopen in January, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Wednesday, with its first intake of students scheduled for September next year.

Panayiotou was speaking after a cabinet meeting and was quick to point out the problems caused by the college’s initial closure in 2015.

“The suspension of the study programme at the forestry college in 2015 as a result of the financial crisis was one of the reasons which contributed to the forestry department’s understaffing,” she said.