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