International Day of Forests: A decade of Turkish-French Cooperation Managing Sustainable Forests

A large-scale collaborative effort to reverse deforestation and protect Turkey’s trees is coming to a close. Some 40 budgetary, institutional and technical commitments worth a total of more than €600 million in financing have contributed to sustainable forest protection and management since 2012. As shown in the infographic below, forest cover has expanded by more than a million hectares thanks to projects contributing to rural economies, biodiversity and Turkey’s ability to combat climate change. For the International Day of Forests on 21 March, we examine the decade-long partnership between France, Turkey and a host of French and Turkish partners.