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ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION ACTIVITIES

TO CLIMATE CHANGE FOR SUSTAINABLE

AGRICULTURE

Abdüssamet AYDIN - Necati Cem AKTUZ

ABSTRACT
Although the effects of climate change are felt around the world, it is predicted that these effects
will increase more in the coming years. According to the IPCC’s Special Report on Global
Warming of 1.5ºC dated 2018, it is stated that the global warming, which is estimated to reach
up to 1°C, will exceed the 1.5ºC threshold between 2030 and 2052.
In the agricultural sector, climate change reveals the risk of a decrease in the amount and quality of
agricultural production. In addition to the effects of climate change, the use of intensive agricultural
techniques also reduces the resistance of agricultural production. If we affirm this statement as
“creating an agricultural production structure that is resistant to the effects of climate change is
a rational approach to ensure the sustainability of agricultural production”, we will actually find a
solution approach with the phrase “creating a resilient agricultural production structure”.
Today, an understanding of climate-friendly agriculture is being developed to create this
structure, and this approach is commonly gathered under the term ecosystem-based applications.
Ecosystem-based adaptation in agriculture; while performing ecosystem functions at the levels
such as field, farm, landscape, ecosystem; It is defined as agricultural management practices that
create processes that will increase the adaptation of agricultural activities to climate change and
variability by making use of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
In this study, it is aimed to inform about the ecosystem-based adaptation activities that propose
an integrated approach to reduce the negative effects of climate change, which we are increasingly
feeling, in the agricultural sector, and to present the developments in our country.

Keywords: Sustainability, Agriculture, Climate Change, Adaptation, Ecosystem Services

Koordinatör, Tarım Reformu Genel Müdürlüğü, Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı
Mail: abdussamet.aydin@tarimorman.gov.tr
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1437-907X

Ziraat Mühendisi, Tarım Reformu Genel Müdürlüğü, Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı,
Mail: necaticem.aktuz@tarimorman.gov.tr
ORCID ID: https:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-4196

Makale Atıf Bilgisi: Aydın, A. - Aktuz, N. C. (2023). “Sürdürülebilir Tarım için İklim
Değişikliğine Ekosistem Tabanlı Uyum Faaliyetleri”.
Çevre, Şehir ve İklim Dergisi. Yıl: 2. Sayı: 3. ss. 132-157.
Makale Türü: Araştırma
Geliş Tarihi: 25.10.2022
Kabul Tarihi: 31.12.2022
Yayın Tarihi: 31.01.2023
Yayın Sezonu: Ocak 2023

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