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Table 97 Erosion Control and Pasture Improvement Activities between 2019-2023 (GDF, 2024)
Activity (ha) Years

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Toplam
Soil Conservation Work (Erosi- 16,538 20,902 36,695 36,088 40,849 151,072
on-Flood-Avalanche)
Pasture Improvement 8,088 10,438 12,394 12,893 12,775 56,588

A total of 221 soil conservation projects, 21 flood control projects, 3 dam/pond green belt af-
forestation projects, 273 pasture improvement projects and 2 micro-basin plan construction
works were carried out by the General Directorate of Forestry between 2019 and 2023.

In addition, within the framework of the Upper Basin Flood Control Action Plan covering the
years 2024-2028, it was planned to carry out work in a total of 194 flood basins, and within the
framework of the Dam Basins Erosion Control Action Plan covering the years 2024-2028, it was
planned to carry out erosion control work in 429 dam and pond basins.

The “Rehabilitation Project in the Çoruh River Basin”, which was initiated in 2012 under the co-
ordination of the General Directorate of Forestry in the provinces of Artvin, Bayburt and Erzu-
rum in the Çoruh River Basin with the aim of ensuring integrated basin rehabilitation including
vegetation, soil and water resources, improving the living conditions of the people living in rural
areas, protecting the soil, rehabilitating degraded forests, and preventing natural disasters such
as avalanches, floods and inundations, has been completed as of 2021.

In addition, integrated micro-catchment studies are carried out by the General Directorate of
Forestry in different regions of Türkiye on a micro-catchment basis. In this context, there are 27
integrated micro-catchment projects prepared and implemented with the internal resources of
the General Directorate of Forestry. Some of these micro-catchment projects have been comp-
leted and some of them are still under study.

Türkiye Resilient Landscape Integration Project (TULIP Project)

The “Türkiye Resilient Landscape Integration Project (TULIP Project)”, which is the combined ver-
sion of the Bolaman and Çekerek Basin Rehabilitation Projects coordinated by the General Dire-
ctorate of Forestry, is being carried out. (2021-2028) The “Bolaman Basin Rehabilitation Project”
covers Ordu and Tokat provinces, while the “Çekerek Basin Rehabilitation Project” covers Yozgat,
Tokat, Çorum and Sivas provinces. Within the scope of the TULIP Project, it is aimed to provide
added value to both the forestry and agricultural sectors with the pasture improvement, ero-
sion, flood, flood control projects to be carried out in the basins, restoration/rehabilitation of
natural resources, gray and green infrastructure projects developed considering the geological,
topographic and demographic characteristics of the basins, restoration and optimal use of natu-
ral resources, and sub-projects prepared for improving the livelihoods of the local people living
in rural areas.

References
Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
General Directorate of Forestry

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