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Figure 19: 2022: Çankırı Forest Nursery; saplings grown from Four-Winged
Saltbush seeds collected from the Kırşehir, Malya trial area
(From the writer’s own archive, 2022).
• Carrying out irrigation for at least two years, provided it is not excessive,
in areas where irrigation is available.
While the General Directorate of Afforestation (AGM) was in operation, the
Iğdır, Aralık wind erosion site was protected with wire fencing, and part of the
area was planted with drought-resistant species such as acacia, oleaster, black
locust, and gleditsia. The plants survived the dry seasons in the first years with
limited irrigation amounts (Figure 20).

Figure 20: Iğdır, Aralık wind erosion site: Installation of drip irrigation system in the
wire-fenced protected area in 2009 (left), the state of the site showing success in
2012 (right) (From the writer’s own archive).
In Karaman, Ayrancı, Divle village, a planting area with drought-tolerant
medicinal and aromatic plants was established using the same methods
(protection and irrigation in the first years) (Figure 21).

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