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