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As a result of this study, the total amount of carbon stock in Türkiye at 30 cm soil depth was
determined as 3.51 billion tonnes. The areas where the soil C stock is stored the most are forest
areas (38.33%), followed by pastures with 33.39% and agricultural areas with 26.94%.

As a result of the modeling, the average carbon amounts per unit area for 6 land use classes are
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y For Forest Areas, it is estimated as 55.68 tons C ha ,
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y For Pasture Areas 49.77 tons C ha ,
y For Wetlands and Water Surfaces 49.71 tons C ha ,
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y For Agricultural Areas 35.96 tons C ha ,
y For Artificial Areas 16.12 tons C ha -1
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y For Bare Areas 12.78 tons C ha .
The highest unit SOC amount at the basin scale was determined in the “Eastern Black Sea Basin”
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(100.68 tons C ha ), while the lowest unit SOC amount was determined in the “Meriç Ergene”
basin (34.03 tons C ha ). The SOC distribution statistics are also compatible with the statistics
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of the Türkiye Desertification Risk Map produced by ÇEMGM-TÜBİTAK/BİLGEM cooperation in
2015. The SOC amount was found to be the highest (63.79 tonnes C ha ) in the “Very Low-Low”
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desertification risk class and the lowest (31.49 tonnes C ha ) in the “Very High-High” desertifi-
cation risk class.

Map 21 Soil Organic Carbon Stock Map of Türkiye Prepared with Soil Data Obtained Between 2007-2017 (0-30 cm)

With the ÇEMGM-FAO collaboration integrated into the Land Degradation Balancing Decision
Support System, in Türkiye, SOC Change (Map 21) and Potential SOC Storage Amounts (Map 22)
as of 2040 were calculated and maps were created.

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