Agroforestry

Press release… The target in oregano export is to reach 150 million dollars. Turkey produces the world’s oregano. Turkey meets 80 percent of the world’s production of oregano, which is among the most demanded medicinal and aromatic products in the world and whose importance has been understood once again with …

Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality laid the foundation of the world’s number one and Turkey’s largest Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Production and Processing Facility. In the facility, which covers an area of ​​42 decares, essential oils will be obtained by water vapour method, agricultural products with high added value will be planted …

Press release… Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association Chairperson Cahit Doğan Yağcı said that İzmir, the leading agrifood western province of Turkey, plays for leadership in medicinal and aromatic plants. Yağcı also underlined that as of 2020, the unit price of EİB’s (Aegean Exporters’ Associations) non-wood forestry products …

Press release… Oregano, Laurel and Sage sector representatives came together… Dr. Tayfur Akın Organized in cooperation with İzmir Commodity Exchange and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (ETAE), “Oregano, Laurel and Sage Agriculture and Markets Evaluation Meeting” was held on Friday, June 24. It was held in …

Desertification affects the lives of approximately 2 billion people worldwide, turning them into “ecological migrants,” according to the head of a nonprofit environmental group. Deniz Ataç – CEO of the Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion for the Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats (TEMA) – said that land …

Facing the fallout of climate change, the country has intensified its efforts to improve its land and fight erosion with mass planting and other measures. Thus far, Turkey has recovered about 9.8 million hectares of land… On Thursday, Turkey marked World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. For a country hosting …

JUBA, South Sudan… Effort will help mitigate effects of climate change, restore degraded land-based ecosystem, says environment minister… South Sudan launched a campaign Thursday to plant 100 million trees in the next 10 years to ease the effects of climate change and restore wasteland. The launch was part of the …

Press release… Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chairperson of the Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, said that people tend to consume healthy and herbal products with the pandemic. Stating that there is an increase in the demand for forestry products such as oregano (thyme), laurel, sage and lime, Yağcı …

An area of pristine rainforest the size of the Netherlands was burned or hacked down last year, as the destruction of the planet’s tropical forests accelerated despite a global economic slowdown, according to research on March 31. The worst losses were in Brazil, three times higher than the next highest …

Held on April 22, Earth Day is an annual day that unites individuals focusing on protecting the planet by preventing disasters that are occurring more frequently due to climate change and environmental destruction, in other words “saving the world” This Thursday, April 22, will be the world’s 51st Earth Day, …