Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Diğer Uluslararası Fon Programları, 2019 - 2024
Globally, 25 percent of the Earth’s terrestrial areas are now degraded. This life-threatening trend shows no sign of abating and is even rising (IPCC, 2019). Countries have acted at both the national and international level to halt, mitigate or even reverse the course of this degradation, with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the more recent UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (United Nations, 2019a, 2019b) giving the utmost priority to environmental concerns.
Türkiye’s natural resources are also vulnerable to degradation and desertification (Türkeş et al., 2020) due to an array of challenges including population growth, climate change, desertification and drought, which have far-reaching consequences for its natural assets and people. The magnitude and breadth of the issues will worsen across the nation, exacerbated by human activities, according to predictions generated by several models. These issues thus require the immediate attention of every sector of society to build resilience and accelerate mitigation efforts. Yet, the weight of this responsibility undoubtedly falls heaviest on the shoulders of public institutions making critical decisions regarding land management. For this reason, legislative acts must prioritize stakeholders working to overcome these challenges and give them a solid foundation for project development and implementation, and access to finance.