Striving for sustainability: Climate-Smart Forestry measures in Türkiye

Abstract

Forests play a key role in mitigating climate change as they are one of the major sinks for carbon. The idea of how to use these important resources more efficiently and effectively has led to the emergence of a new trend in forestry in recent years, Climate Smart Forestry (CSF). CSF aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and seeks to fortify forests against potential climate change consequences in the future while increasing production and incomes sustainably from forests. The purpose of this study was to determine the measures, indicators, and criteria that promote CSF in T & uuml;rkiye. Following this, the strengths and weaknesses of T & uuml;rkiye's forestry legislation and practices were analyzed using the nine criteria derived from academic literature on CSF. Thus, the degree to which Turkish forestry practices and legislation are consistent with the CSF and its reflections were assessed.