Habitat

Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released on Oct. 13 that highlights "devastating" losses to nature due to human activity.

Experts say Turkey and Greece must put aside traditional rivalries and find a joint solution to the growing threat posed by invasive marine species such as the balloon fish.

Extreme climate conditions mean that giant sequoias are registered as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature

An endangered weasel has been released back into its natural habitat after being treated by locals in Turkey's eastern province of Siirt.

Believed to have been hungry and fallen exhausted due to heavy snowfall in the region a while ago, the weasel was found by Nureddin Yeşilfidan, a villager living in the province's Baykan district.

Greens suspect government is changing map of Protected Areas to shrink the size of coastal and wetland areas - where pressure to develop and build is greatest.

Within the scope of a two-year project, the Environment and Urbanization Ministry will implant chips in some 500 endangered reptiles to monitor them from second to second through the satellite.

Trapped on island habitats made smaller by rising seas, Indonesia's Komodo dragons were listed as "endangered" on Sept. 4, in an update of the wildlife Red List that also warned overfishing threatens nearly two-in-five sharks with extinction.

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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.

Civil unrest and military exercises pose heightened risks to more than 200 threatened species, including elephant populations and the critically endangered Eastern gorilla, conservationists have warned.

Turkey's wetlands, home to hundreds of species and protected by the Ramsar Convention, are in danger of extinction due to the illegal dumping of waste collected from excavation sites into wetlands, according to environmental experts.