Issue: 62
A second Children’s Museum Room will be opened in Erzurum in March 2011, again within the framework of the UN Joint Programme.
In order to create a positive perception of museums and cultural heritage among children, a special Museum Training Program has been developed by the Ankara University Educational Sciences Faculty, the Social Services and Child Protection Institution and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The Children Museum Room’s opening ceremony was conducted by UN Resident Coordinator Shahid Najam, Deputy Governor of Kars Murat Demirci, Embassy of Spain Undersecretary Carlos Ruiz and UNICEF Representative of Turkey Dr. Ayman Abulaban. They not only participated in the ceremony, but they also enjoyed taking part in the museum training with the children.
Ceremony presented by children
Büşra Karaman and Kürşat Koç of the Kars Provincial Children’s Rights Committee were the presenters of the opening ceremony.
Both children participated in the Museum Training Program in Ankara and became “peer to peer trainers”. Büşra and Kürşat had already utilized “peer to peer training” with their Children’s Rights’ committee work, therefore using the same methodology for the museum trainings was quite beneficial and enjoyable for them.
The museum training session that followed the opening speeches created some colourful scenes. UN Resident Coordinator Shahid Najam, Deputy Governor of Kars Murat Demirci, Embassy of Spain Undersecretary Carlos Ruiz and UNICEF Representative of Turkey Dr. Ayman Abulaban couldn’t resist joining the children in their training after watching them for a while.
First Visitors of the Children’s Museum
The first visitors of the Kars Children’s Museum Room were third grade students from Kars Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Elementary School.
The young visitors had the opportunity to see several historical objects and cultural assets that they had previously only seen in their school books or heard about from their teachers.
Moreover they had the opportunity to discuss the museum artefacts directly with officers of the Kars Museum.
Mr. Necmettin Alp, director of the Kars Museum, accompanied children the whole time and encouraged all students to come and enjoy the museum. Mr. Alp believes that the Kars Children’s Museum Room will allow children to practice, learn and improve themselves in an enjoyable environment.
According to this, within the context of the “Strengthening the Marine and Coastal Protected Area System of Turkey Project, the sandbar sharks determined to have a small population comprising 17 individuals in the Gökova SEPA,”
The Project Coordinator Güner Ergün said that this result shows the success of protection efforts.
The Project is being conducted by The Environmental Protection Agency for Special Areas (EPASA) as the executing agency and in the name of Global Environment Facility (GEF) and under the implementing partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Within the context of the Project, the number of the sandbar sharks, only breeding at the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and in Çamlıköy Boncuk Bay of Marmaris district of Muğla province, was determined.
The Coordinator of the Project, which aims at strengthening the marine and coastal areas system and facilitating the effective management of these areas, and Environmental Protection Agency for Special Areas Inspection Branch Manager Güner Ergün said that the project to protect the sandbar sharks was launched in 2006.
Increase in three years
Ergün said that the number of sandbar sharks increased from the initial number of 6 to 17 in three years.
“Regarding this result, we can say ‘the protection efforts are successful and the protection efforts increased the number of the sharks. The protection measures allowed these creatures to easily come to this area."
"The implemented protection measures and buoy-spotting the areas, where the sandbar sharks are observed, prohibited the human activities in the areas and natural living space was provided for the sharks” said Güner Ergün.
With this increase in the number of the sandbar sharks, one of the basic data the indicator of the “Strengthening the Marine and Coastal Protected Area System of Turkey Project objective was achieved.
Series of seminars were delivered to locals regarding the sandbar sharks in summer of 2010.
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On each program, New Horizons will give information to the audience about projects and implementations of UNDP which works for a more productive, greener, healthier and a more educated future.
On the first podcast, sandbar sharks, the numbers of which have been increased up to seventeen in the Aegean Sea; latest developments on the sea and shore protection systems and the contribution of UNDP to these developments were discussed.
Dr. Harun Güçlüsoy (Project Manager of Strengthening the System of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas of Turkey) and Güner Ergün, (Investigation Manager and Project Coordinator of Environmental Protection Agency for Special Areas Department in Ministry of Environment and Forestry) were the first contributors of the radio programme.
How to follow?
The podcasts in Turkish language can be found on Youtube, Facebook and iTunes Store. Initially, programmes will only be available on the internet.
Video and audio versions will be published on every Monday.
Radio programmes produced by UNDP Turkey Communication Office are recorded in the studios of Ankara University Faculty of Communications Radio (Radyo İlef).
Prof. Dr. Nihal Jayawickrama, Coordinator of UN Judicial Integrity Group visited Turkey on 17-20 January 2011 upon the request of UNDP Turkey. The main purpose of his mission was to exchange of opinion and experience on UNDP involvement in the field of access to justice and strengthening the rule of law. Prof. Dr. Jayawickrama had therefore several meetings with the national counterparts, where recent global trends and country experiences with respect to access to justice and strengthening the rule of law were discussed.
Prof. Dr. Jayawickrama further explained the work of the Judicial Integrity Group and the process of the development of Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct in an interview he gave to New Horizon.
UNDP Turkey: Can you give us some information about Judicial Integrity Group?
N.J.: Judicial Integrity Group is representative group of chief justices requested by UN to develop a concept of judicial accountability. It came into existence 10 years ago and it has so far formulated principles of judicial conduct; Commentary on Bangalore Principles and Implementation Measures for the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct. It's works has been endorsed by UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and has been utilized by judiciaries in many counties in all the continents
UNDP Turkey: During the meetings held with the representatives of high judiciary and Ministry of Justice, you mentioned that the international standards can be adopted in different country contexts. Can you elaborate on how we can synthesize the context specific issues with international standards on judicial independence and accountability?
N.J.: International standards on judicial independence and accountability can be adapted to local circumstances, local and cultural values but there should be no departure from fundamental principles. These principles include six values that make up the core of Bangalore Principles: independence, impartiality, integrity, courtesy, equality, competence and diligence. Application of those values in different legal systems or different countries may differ. Community values in one specific country may be different than another or a certain principle in one country cannot be considered in another. But the six values that we refer are at the core and should be adopted to different legal contexts without any change.
UNDP Turkey: What are the main challenges with regards to the functioning of the judiciary in contemporary world?
N.J.: Main challenges facing the judicial systems can be:
i) Influence by the executive brachial of government;
ii) Corruption
iii) Lack of adequate training;
iv) Inadequate remuneration or salaries of the judges;
v) Lack of training, lack of knowledge in areas such as philosophy, international human rights and humanitarian, environmental law. These are emerging areas that do not form part in legal training;
vi) Lack of public confidence that sometimes results from a lack of transparency in judicial proceedings.
UNDP Turkey: What are the global trends in the field of judicial reform?
N.J.: Global trends on the judicial reform include emphasis on case management, increasing use of IT, compliance with ethical standards, and involvement of judges in court administration. Today judges are expected to be responsible for the effective, expeditious and the competent delivery of justice. In civil law jurisdictions, there is also a trend for the judges to separate themselves from prosecutors, not only to enhance their independence but to increase the public perception of their independence.
UNDP Turkey: As a professional of law, what do you think the responsibilities of the powers of the state are as credible safeguards of judiciary?
N.J.: Executive, judiciary and legislature perform separate and distinct functions of government. If one intervenes in the field of the other then the democracy faces a real anger. If the judiciary is perceived to be under influence then it loses its credibility. Unfortunately we see it is happening in many countries.
UNDP Turkey: Can you inform us about the current situation of the judicial integrity group?
N.J.: At present the group has completed one aspect of standard setting. What it now needs to do is to focus on the implementation of those standards. To this end, a work has been already done in South and East Africa for the implementation of the principles.
Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct
In July 2006, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution and invited member states to encourage their judiciaries to take into consideration the Bangalore Principles when reviewing or developing rules with respect to the professional and ethical conduct of members of the judiciary. Bangalore Principles are intended to establish standards for ethical conduct of judges. They are designed to provide guidance to judges and to afford the judiciary a framework for regulating judicial conduct. They are also intended to assist members of the executive and the legislature, and lawyers and the public in general, to better understand and support the judiciary.
These principles presuppose that judges are accountable for their conduct to appropriate institutions established to maintain judicial standards, which are themselves independent and impartial, and are intended to supplement and not to derogate from existing rules of law and conduct that bind the judge.
Value 1: Independence, is a prerequisite to the rule of law and a fundamental guarantee of a fair trial. A judge shall therefore uphold and exemplify judicial independence in both its individual and institutional aspects.
Value 2: Impartiality, is essential to the proper discharge of the judicial office. It applies not only to the decision itself but also to the process by which the decision is made.
Value 3: Integrity, is essential to the proper discharge of the judicial office.
Value 4: Propriety, and the appearance of propriety, are essential to the performance of all of the activities of a judge.
Value 5: Equality, ensuring equality of treatment to all before the courts is essential to the due performance of the judicial office.
Value 6: Competence and diligence, are prerequisites to the due performance of judicial office.
United Nations Joint Programme (UNJP) provided concrete contributions to the safeguarding and promotion of the Minstrelsy Tradition, inscribed in 2009 on the Representative List of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
In particular, the joint programme allowed to organize an international festival of minstrels, to produce an audio CD of selected performances of local minstrels, to launch training activities on the making and performing of traditional musical instruments, “saz” and “tar” and recently to create the conditions for the establishment of a “Culture House” in Kars, the most representative Province of Turkey for this tradition, intended for the use of the local minstrels association to facilitate the viability, transmission and promotion of this art.
Within this initiative, the “Namık Kemal House” located at the centre of Kars will serve as “Minstrel Culture House”.
Live performance
The establishment of the Culture House and the memorandum of understanding signed for this purpose by the Municipality of Kars, the Çobanoğlu Minstrels Association and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will ensure the continuity and sustainability of related activities beyond the end of the project.
The inauguration of the Culture House was held during the visit of UN Resident Coordinator Shahid Najam and Counsellor at the Spanish Embassy in Ankara within the Alliances for Culture Tourism in Eastern Turkey UNJP Carlos Ruiz Gonzales, at the presence of Deputy Governor of Kars Murat Demirci, Deputy Director General for Promotion at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism İbrahim Yazar, Mayor of Kars Nevzat Bozkuş, UNICEF Representative for Turkey Ayman Abulaban, UNESCO Venice Office Programme Specialist Matteo Rosati and Çobanoğlu Minstrels Association President Mahmut Karadaş with other members of the Association.
Karadaş emphasized in his speech the gratitude and happiness to have a place where they can meet and perform their art and, transmit it to future generations.
Minstrels also performed live for the participants of the inauguration ceremony.
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18 trainers participated in this first training seminar, organized in Muğla Akyaka on 9 to 15 January 2011.
The project aims at strengthening the marine and coastal areas system and facilitating the effective management of these areas.
One of the main targets of the project is “strengthening the corporate structure and capacity required by responsible institutions to give priority for prioritizing the establishment of new Marine and Coastal Protection Areas (MCPAs) and for more effectively managing existing MCPAs”
One of the major steps towards this target is to establish area management units in six project sites.
The seminar was organized to improve the knowledge of 57 new employees, who were employed in EPASA’s central and area management units, in the context of biodiversity and MCPAs and their management.
The first of the training activities
EPASA President Ahmet Özyanık mentioned in his opening speech that the training seminar is important because it is the first one of the training activities to be organized to improve the capacity of the area management units to be established.
In the seminar, trainings were provided on general ecology, biodiversity, nature conservation, oceanography, MCPA system and its components and EPASA activities.
Prof. Latif Kurt, Dr. Gül Güneş, Dr. Gülhan Badur Özden, Prof. İlhami Kiziroğlu, Dr. Ahsen Yüksek, Dr. Harun Güçlüsoy and EPASA Inspection Branch Manager Güner Ergün participated in the seminar as trainers.
Site visits
Technical site visits to Gökova Gulf and its bays, Sedir Island, Boncuk Bay, Dalyan Canals, İztuzu Beach, The Sea Turtles Research, Rescue, Rehabilitation and Information Centre (DEKAMER), Köyceğiz-Dalyan Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ortaca Solid Waste Landfill, Ölüdeniz-Kayaköy in Fethiye-Göcek SEPA and Azmaklar /Akyaka in Gökova SEPA were perfomed at the end of the seminar.
The seminar participants were given extensive information on the activities being implemented in the relevant sites.
About the Project
Project is being conducted by The Environmental Protection Agency for Special Areas (EPASA) as the executing agency on behalf of Ministry of Environment and Forestry with the partnership of the General Directorate for Nature Conservation and National Parks (GDNCNP) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs General Directorate of Protection and Control, under the financial support of Global Environment Facility (GEF). United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is the implementing partner of the project.
The Project, which is being conducted between 2009 and 2013 includes Foça, Köyceğiz-Dalyan, Gökova, Fethiye-Göcek, Datça-Bozburun Special Environment Protection Areas (SEPAs) and Ayvalık Islands Nature Park. The Project aims at strengthening the marine and coastal areas system and facilitating the effective management of these areas.
Project has been implemented in 81 cities with the partnership of United Nations Development Programme, Turkey Vodafone Association and Youth for Habitat Association.
The project team provided trainings in the ICT area in 81 cities through the online training modules that serve as prep work for the ECDL trainings on bilgitoplumu.net.
National Project Meeting was held in Ankara on January 19, 2011 so as to determine the first phase exit strategy, the future plans as well as the future vision.
Dreams Academy was there
Project partners, the chairman of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority Tayfun Acarer, the deputy counselor of ministry of transportation Mustafa Fırat, MP Osman Coşkunoğlu, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Young Entrepreneurs Committee members and 81 young volunteer “ICT Ambassadors” participated in the meeting.
The Social Inclusion Band founded through the Dreams Academy Project entertained the participants with a concert they performed during the event.
The event concluded with the coordination meeting where the young ICT ambassadors had the chance to discuss the future strategy of the project.
The fair has been launched with speeches by General Director of DG Electrical Power Survey and Development Administration (EIE) Mr. M. Kemal Büyükmıhcı, the Deputy Undersecretary of Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources Mr. Yusuf Yazar, Chairman of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Prof. Nüket Yetiş and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Mr. Taner Yıldız.
Energy Minister Yıldız addressed the importance of mental transformation to ensure efficient and rational use of energy efficiency and combating climate change, stating that the efforts for energy efficiency is a culture involving all actors of the community.
He also stated that it is important to reach a consensus regarding energy efficiency with NGOs opposing the nuclear power plants or hydraulic power plants and they should at least articulate that they support energy efficiency despite they oppose these plants.
More than 70 organizations operating in different sectors of energy including companies, Energy Services Consulting Companies (ESCOs), NGOs, publishing companies, financial institutions were represented at the fair.
It was observed that the number of companies having stalls at the fair was too low although there is a huge market and many improvement areas particularly in the field of buildings and industry in Turkey.
Therefore, it is considered that the UNDP/Global Environment Facility (GEF) Energy Efficiency building and industry projects will make a valuable contribution towards raising awareness among companies operating in the field of energy efficiency.
UNDP/GEF Energy Efficiency Projects
The flyers of UNDP/GEF energy efficiency projects, i.e. Appliances, Building and Industry Energy Efficiency Projects were also disseminated and displayed and the projects introduced to the visitors of the fair at the stalls of project partners, namely General Directorate of Electrical Power Survey and Development Administration (EIE) and electrical/electronic appliance producer Arçelik
Particularly, the projects were introduced to financial institutions (TEB, Turkey Sustainable Energy Financing Facility [TURSEFF] and TURSEFF member banks) to initiate collaboration for financial support mechanisms under different energy efficiency projects.
Besides the fair, the event also included several panels conducted in the form of parallel sessions. These panels included the following topics:
- Energy efficiency strategy document
- Energy efficiency action plans
- Energy efficiency in buildings
- Energy efficiency in industry
- Electric motors
- Finance in energy efficiency
- Energy efficiency in transport
- Energy efficiency in lighting
- Energy performance in buildings
- National climate change strategy
- Awareness of energy efficiency
- Energy management
- Progress in carbon markets, effects to Turkey
- Transportation and city planning
- Energy and environment technologies
- Our future is talking
- How they succeded
- Onsite generation
- Energy efficient products (UNDP/GEF energy efficient appliances project was also introduced by Turkish White Goods Manufacturers’ Association [TURKBESD])
All three UNDP/GEF energy efficiency projects are expected to make a valuable contribution towards enhancement of energy efficiency infrastructure in Turkey regarding policy achievement, capacity building, raising awareness among different stakeholders.
The report, initially, was introduced in the Middle East Technical University at the same time with the rest of the world on 4 November 2010 under the Human Development Dialogue initiative of United Nations, World Bank and METU Social Policy Department.
UNDP Turkey representative Shahid Najam introduced the report in Harran University of Şanlıurfa, on 26 November 2010 and in Akdeniz University of Antalya, on 8 December 2010.
Adana and Kars events
Roadshow for the introduction of the report continued in Adana and Kars in January.
The conference was held in Çukurova University, the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Conference Hall on 13 January 2011.
From the same faculty, Dean Prof. Muammer Tekeoğlu participated in the conference as the moderator and Prof. Nejat Erk contributed as the discussant.
Human Development Report was also introduced in Kafkas University of Kars on 17 January 2011.
The conference was held in Guest House Conference Hall in Kafkas University.
Associate Prof. Hüseyin Ali Kutlu from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences was the moderator and Associate Prof. Selim Başar, from same faculty, was the discussant of the conference.
The Girls in Kars Go Ahead Project which is coordinated by KAGIDER is implemented with the partnership of Kars Women's Center under Women's Center Foundation (KAMER), Kafkas University and Sabancı University and with the support of Youth Association for Habitat as well as Turkish Family Health and Planning Foundation.
The main aim of the project is to help high school girls in Kars to stay in education system as well as to help with their employment.
Other targets of the project include increasing these young girls' motivation, vocational skills and competence during their education and employment processes.
In the scope of the partnership of these two projects, a group of 15 girls chosen from the girls dormitory will receive ICT trainings, which will be followed by the training of further 350 girls in the dormitory by the already trained group.
For the ease of accession, the first round is being held in Antalya, between 17 January – 9 February 2011, and the second round will be in Ankara, between 14 March – 9 April 2011 within the scope of the Support to Further Implementation of Local Administration Reform in Turkey Project.
A tailor-made training programme was designed for a group of participants from about 800 different scaled local authorities all over the country. The content of trainings was prepared after training needs assessment carried out in 11 pilot local authorities.
A number of local and international experts deliver 12 different training modules to trainees – varying in target group and duration – covering the topics identified in the needs assessment report.
During the training, the participants focus on; the responsibilities and authorities of elected representatives and of managers and unit heads, efficient working relations among local elected authorities, professional managers and unit heads, comprehensive policy development and accession mechanisms, improvement of vision in the city, gender sensitive planning in local service delivery, project cycle management and European Union funds, communities of practices, in-service training management, fiscal administration and budgeting, fiscal administration and preparing statistics.
Support to Further Implementation of Local Administration Reform in Turkey Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Interior with the technical assistance of the United Nations Development Programme and funded by the European Union in the scope of the EU-Turkey Pre-Accession Financial Co-Operation Programme.
The specific objective of the project is to develop and strengthen the administrative capacity and co-operation of the Ministry of Interior (particularly General Directorate of Local Authorities, governorates and district governorates), unions of local authorities and local authorities themselves in the task of ensuring effective implementation of new policy and legislation on local administration.
The first draft of the National Youth Employment Action Plan was presented to the meeting participants.
The UN Joint Programme aims to reduce youth unemployment and increase the participation of young women in the labour force. The main goal that the UN Joint Programme was determined to achieve was to prepare a National Youth Employment Action Plan.
For this reason a National Technical Team (NTT) composed of representatives of the Turkish National Employment Agency (İŞKUR), State Planing Office, Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Turkish Statistical Institute, Youth Employment Association, Turkish Confedaration of Employers’ Union (TISK), Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ), The Confederation of Turkish Real Trade Unions (HAK-İŞ), Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK), NGOs, and academics has been established.
The NTT that has been working intensely in order to prepare National Youth Employment Action Plan since January 2010 shared the first draft with the participants of the meeting on January 25.
Action Plan will be finalized in March 2011. This action plan is to hope to improve employment opportunities for the youth in public sector too.
Good example of local cooperation
Along with UN Turkey Coordinator Shahid Najam and International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Europe and Central Asia Director Susanne Hoffmann, Ministry of National Education Undersecretary Salih Çelik, TÜRK-İŞ General Secreratry Mustafa Kumlu, HAK-İŞ General Secretary Salim Uslu and DİSK General Secretary Süleyman Çelebi were among the guest speakers.
In the first session of the meeting along with the National Youth Employment Action Plan a presentation on Turkey’s Occupational Outlook was also shared with the participants.
In the afternoon session following subjects have been presented and discussed: Antalya Labour Market Survey (prepared with cooperation of Turkish Statistical Agency and İŞKUR), Labor Market Analysis for Antalya with Gender Perspective, Strategic Priority Sectors Analysis for Antalya.
Representatives of Antalya Provincial Directorate of National Education and Antalya İŞKUR made a presentation on Vocational Trainings in Antalya as an example of local cooperation.
UN Joint Programme aims at increasing the percentage in placements of young unemployed people into decent jobs.
The Memorandum of Understanding, which is signed by Ahsen C. Coşar, President of Turkish Union of Bar Associations and UNDP Turkey Resident Representative Shahid Najam, covers the period of 2011-2013.
Through the MoU, the parties agree to cosoperate in the implementation of UNDP Turkey’s engagement in the field of access to justice and strengthening the rule of law.
UNDP programming in the field of access to justice and strengthening the rule of law mainly focuses on support of respective national counterparts to develop or amend legislative framework in full alignment with the international standards as well as develop mechanisms for the embedment of new institutions to the judicial system.
A leading partner
In that respect, the main priority areas of work covers judicial reform, legal empowerment, legal aid and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in criminal and civil justice system of Turkey.
As being an organization constituted from all the Bar Associations in Turkey, Union of Turkish Bar Associations is also responsible for strengthening and protecting the concepts of rule of law and human rights.
Thereafter, the Union is considered to be one of the leading partners of UNDP in its endeavors in the field of justice.
Efficient cooperation with the Union of Bar Associations is expected to increase the awareness and sensitivity of the judicial practitioners and the public at large about the new institutions for strengthening access to justice in Turkey.
The United Nations aim to raise awareness on forests and emphasize conservation and sustainable management of all types of forests for Millenium Development Goals and sustainable development.
In the last decade, forest’s ecological and social functions have been in focus more than its economic functions.
Forests supply various important products and services for livelihoods and economic development.
Forests provide green jobs and mitigate climate change as main carbon sinks. Forests support life systems by access to clean water, soil fixation, erosion control, and climate regulation.
Forests support protection of water resources, conservation of natural resources, and amelioration of biodiversity loss.
Forests, globally, play important global roles in supporting livelihoods, social developments, and poverty alleviation. Forests are key tools for Millennium Development Goals, especially for clean water, health and environmental sustainability.
Celebration Activities in Turkey
2011 International Year of Forests celebrations have been initiated around the world and in Turkey through various activities such as exhibitions, festivals, competitions, seminars.
To support Turkey’s celebration efforts, GEF supported “Enhancing Forest Protected Areas Management System in Turkey” project will organize various activities.
Project team will prepare “9 Forest Hotspots” TV documentary series with DIGITURK IZ TV Documentary Channel. This series will introduce 9 forest hotspots of Turkey.
For celebration of 22 May International Biodiversity Day, “National Parks Photograph Exhibition” will be organized in Bartın and Kastamonu for the period of 22 May – 5 June 2011 “Turkey’s Forest Hotspots” poster will be shared with the readers of National Geographic Turkey.
THE WORLD AND TURKEY FORESTS *
* Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 Main Report and Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry statistics
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