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Zeynep Cansu Ayturan - Tuğba Dinçbaş
Halil Hasar

Drought Early Warning Mitigation of drought effects Increasing the drought
Systems resilience of the soil

Minimizing the soil loss,
Dynamic Erosion Model Basing land management policies on increasing the potential
and Monitoring System scientific foundations, durability of for carbon storage in the
(DEMİS) ecosystems
long term

The National Dynamic
Wind Erosion Model Taking measures against wind erosion Prevention of carbon
and Monitoring System caused by climate change losses due to erosion
(UDREMİS)

Long-term carbon stor-
Forest and Pasture Land Increasing the carbon sinks, protect- age through forestry and
Rehabilitation ing the biodiversity
pasture management

Reducing the Amount Minimizing the soil losses and protec- Protection and increase
of Soil Transported by of carbon sinks by pre-
Erosion tion of ecosystems venting erosion

Prevention of erosion
Green Infrastructure Enhancing the ecosystem resilience and desertification with
natural solutions

Sustainable land man-
Increasing Social Aware- Awareness-raising and social partic- agement with communi-
ness and Participation ipation
ty-based solutions
The strategies given in Table1 cover a wide range from improving ecosystems
and combating drought to erosion control, contributing to achieving
goals such as sustainable land management, biodiversity conservation and
increasing the carbon sink areas. These strategies play an important role in
achieving Türkiye’s climate change goals by not only providing environmental
benefits, but also increasing economic and social resilience.

5. Discussion and Conclusion

Türkiye has achieved significant achievements in the combat against
desertification and erosion. Important steps have been taken to protect
both agricultural areas and forest ecosystems, especially with afforestation
projects and erosion control studies (Figure 1). Intensive afforestation and
rehabilitation activities carried out between 2003 and 2012 contributed to the
improvement of an area of approximately 4 million hectares within the scope
of erosion control (OGM, 2023).

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