The Ombudsman before the Parliament for the protection of Geo-environment

Mr. Ioannis Sagias, Deputy Ombudsman responsible for the Department of Quality of Life, briefed the Special Permanent Parliamentary Committee for the Protection of the Environment on Wednesday February 8 2017. At the meeting, the Deputy Ombudsman gave a speech on “Geo-environment Protection: current situation, problems and perspectives”; he made reference to the experience, views and proposals of the Independent Authority for the Protection of geotopes under geopreservation. As noted by the Deputy, in practice geotopes are deprived of protection mainly due to lack of their administrative recognition as a protected environmental object.  The Independent Authority is currently drafting a Special Report on the issue.