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