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YUMAKLI: WE SET A 10-MINUTE TARGET FOR FIRE RESPONSE

Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı has announced an ambitious target of 10 minutes for this year’s fire response time. “Next year, we will surpass our achievements from the previous year in terms of equipment, materials, and personnel. We are committed to preserving this ecosystem, which faces various threats and natural events,” Yumaklı …

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TURKISH FORESTS SPRING BACK TO LIFE AFTER DESTRUCTIVE 2021 WILDFIRES…

Forests in the country’s southwestern region vastly impacted by severe wildfires in 2021 are reviving following timely rehabilitation efforts, General Directorate of Forestry reported… Rehabilitation, including damage assessments and reforestation efforts, has been completed in the regions of southwestern Türkiye following the historic wildfires two years ago, General Directorate of Forestry …

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TURKIYE’S BURNT FORESTS BECOME GREEN AGAIN!

Images shared by the General Directorate of Forestry this week show the progress in Turkey’s efforts to replenish areas that fell victim to last year’s forest fires. Barren land has lost its pale hue as saplings planted after the fires rapidly grow. The country was hit by the worst wildfires in …

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TURKISH BUSINESS WORLD TO MOBILIZE ON ‘SAPLINGS’ DONATION!

With wildfires ravaging Turkey, killing at least eight people and burning thousands of square meters of forests, the Turkish Forestry Ministry has announced that “new plantations will be made as the rain will start by the end of October.” The announcement directed individuals, public institutions, universities and the country’s business world …

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