Matching Pairs FORESTOnline version FOREST GUARDS by FOREST GUARDs 1 A quarter of the Black Sea Region is forested, and other regions with over 2 The wildfires started in ... on 28 July 2021,[6] with the temperature around 37 °C (99 °F). 3 Forest now covers just over a quarter of Turkey, 4 Almost all forest is state owned and managed by the General Directorate of Forestry 5 5% of forest is 6 High rainfall in the eastern Black Sea Region sustains 7 10% forest are Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean and East Anatolian. 8 22 million cubic metres of wood was harvested 9 The first big afforestation project was 10 Forest covers 23 million of 11 Forest cover before the formation of the Republic 12 Most of the burnt forest was 13 There are also six million hectares of maquis, 14 In July and August 2021, a series of more than two hundred wildfires burnt 15 May 2021 was the hottest May 16 private afforestation permits allow the private sector to reforest state land. 17 The constitution prohibits forests being transferred from state ownership; however, 18 20 million lira (3,500,000 USD) support was provided to 19 Since the 1940's the number of fires per year had increased 20 Wildfires in Turkey are increasing in some regions due to 1,700 square kilometres of forest in Turkey's Mediterranean Region in 1923 is not well known larch (22%), oak (24%) and red pine (27% - 5.9 million ha) in 1939 for over 50 years in 2019 Turkey's 78 million hectares of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry coppice and the rest high forest. 765 families in 2019 from around 1000 to around 3500. 10% forest are Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean and East Anatolian. Turkish pine private afforestation permits allow the private sector to reforest state land. but 4000 years ago most of the country was forested. temperate rainforest. Manavgat, Antalya Province mostly in the south and west. climate change in Turkey. reforested by the private sector.