Within the scope of the “Carbon Neutral Cities on the Path to Green Development” venture carried out by the General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the entire quantity of wooded inexperienced areas in 81 provinces is 99,485 hectares, per capita the quantity of wooded inexperienced space was measured as 12.63 sq. meters.
Wooded inexperienced areas, which weren’t beforehand included within the stock, had been recognized by the venture in 81 provincial facilities and districts, and their financial values concerning carbon dioxide retention had been revealed.
Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Mehmet Özhaseki, shared insights concerning the venture and mentioned that they’re persevering with their work determinedly in step with the 2053 Net Zero Emission and Green Development Revolution targets set by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Özhaseki mentioned: “In this sense, we have also determined the economic value of cities’ wooded green areas and carbon dioxide retention. We will continue to increase the amount of green areas per capita, especially in our city centers, where the majority of carbon emissions occur. We will make our country green with green corridors, public gardens and parks.”
Wooded areas, particularly in cities in Türkiye, present nice advantages within the combat in opposition to local weather change with their carbon dioxide storage function, in addition to their optimistic financial, ecological and sociological results on society.
City facilities are liable for 70% of the nation’s whole greenhouse gasoline emissions. Therefore, you will need to neutralize these gases within the space near their supply.
Within the scope of the venture applied on this context, the spatial and areal distribution of inexperienced areas in addition to their financial worth concerning carbon dioxide retention had been decided.
With the venture, nature-based options within the combat in opposition to local weather change had been highlighted. In order to strengthen Türkiye’s inexperienced infrastructure, inexperienced areas equivalent to forests, wetlands, reeds, coastal areas, in addition to parks in cities, city forests, different open and inexperienced areas, avenue afforestation, inexperienced wall and inexperienced roof functions, and sports activities fields are included within the sink space stock.
Thus, carbon sink areas in 81 provinces and all districts, which weren’t beforehand included within the stock, had been revealed. In addition, the wooded areas per individual in settlements had been calculated in sq. meters and the carbon dioxide retention capacities and financial values of those areas had been revealed.
The carbon dioxide retention quantity of wooded areas was calculated as 1.12 million tons yearly, and the financial worth was calculated as $57.2 million yearly.
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