Ecology

National forest fund up by 0.2 pct in 2020, volume of harvested wood, up by 4 pct

The National Forest Fund registered an increase of approximately 0.2% in 2020, compared to the previous year, while the volume of harvested wood increased by 4%, according to data published on National Institute of Statistics (INS). As of December 31, 2020, the forest fund area was 6,604,206 hectares (+11,976 hectares as compared to 2019), of which the forest area totaled 6,449,417 hectares.

Turkey’s biodiversity richness monitored closely

The National Biodiversity Inventory and Monitoring Project, initiated by the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry's Nature Protection and National Parks (DKMP), revealed the richness of biodiversity in Turkey. Within the scope of the project, 13,409 plant and animal species were included in the inventory with the studies made from approximately 853,000 observation points.

One-Third of Tropical African Plants Are Threatened with Extinction

About one-third of tropical African plants are threatened with extinction, according to a new study cited by the BBC.

Much of West Africa, Ethiopia, as well as vast areas of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are the regions found to be most at risk, that will lose about 40 percent of their plant diversity

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