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