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