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