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Türkiye's forest cover increased 7 times more than area burned in 12 years
While
about 255,000 hectares of land were damaged in fires in Türkiye between 2012
and 2023, 1.7 million hectares were added to the forest asset in the same
period.
According
to a record compiled by Anadolu based on the data of the country's General
Directorate of Forestry (OGM), prevention, extinguishing, and reforestation
steps are of strategic importance in the fight against forest fires.
In
this regard, the OGM tries to intervene in forest fires in a timely and
effective manner by using airplanes, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), watchtowers, cameras and land vehicles.
It
is stated that rising temperatures due to climate change also play a role in
the fires. Meanwhile, with the afforestation campaign, much more areas than the
burned areas are added to the forest inventory.
The
data reveal that Türkiye's forest cover in 2012 was over 21.6 million hectares.
About 2,450 fires broke out in the same period, affecting 10,454 hectares.
In
2015, forest cover increased to over 22.3 million hectares, while 2,150 forest
fires broke out on 3,219 hectares.
Forest
cover also increased in 2018, reaching over 22.6 million hectares. In this
period, 2,167 fires broke out on 5,644 hectares.
Since
2019, Nov. 11 each year has been marked and celebrated as National
Afforestation Day.
That
year, Türkiye's forest cover was recorded as being over 22.7 million hectares,
while 2,688 forest fires broke out on 11,332 hectares.
In
2020, the forest area reached over 22.9 million hectares. In this period,
20,971 hectares were damaged in 3,399 fires.
In
2022, when the forest area was recorded as being over 23.2 million hectares,
2,160 forest fires affected 12,799 hectares.
Last
year, the forest area increased to over 23.3 million hectares, while 2,579
forest fires damaged 15,520 hectares.
Thus,
Türkiye's forest area increased by about 1.7 million hectares in the 2012-2023
period.
During
the same period, around 255,000 thousand hectares were damaged by forest fires.
Thus, Türkiye's forest cover increased about seven times more than the area
burned in this period.
About
32,000 fires were fought in 12 years.
About
one-third of fires caused by negligence, accidents
The
human role in fires appears as a visible factor behind the causes. In the 12
years, 11,357 forest fires were caused by negligence and accidents that
impacted 105,675 hectares of land.
Meanwhile,
3,992 forest fires erupted because of natural causes, damaging 2,699 hectares
of land.
In
the period 2012-2023, about 89,502 hectares of land were exposed to flames in
14,934 forest fires with unknown causes.
Image
Credit: © AA
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