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