Enforcement of forest regulations on selling forestlands that have lost their forest character in Türkiye: a study of Kızılcahamam district in Ankara province

Sen A., TANRIVERMİŞ H., AHSAN M. M.

ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, sa.2, ss.230-247, 2024 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Dergi Adı: ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), EBSCO Legal Collection, EBSCO Legal Source, EMBASE, Environment Index, Greenfile, HeinOnline-Law Journal Library, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.230-247
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article outlines the enforcement of forest regulations on selling status-changed forest- lands in T & uuml;rkiye as a country perspective, Ankara as a province perspective and K & imath;z & imath;lcahamam as a district perspective. Based on secondary surveys and research, it is found that Article 6 of Law No 6292 allows the sale of the so-called '2/B lands' (Article 2 Clause B of Law No 6831) and that there have been 6,522 sales transactions in 2,957of real estate properties in 61 neighbourhoods in K & imath;z & imath;lcahamam district, with approximately US$9.98 million collected as revenue from these transactions in 2020. Considering T & uuml;rkiye and Ankara province in general, and K & imath;z & imath;lcahamam district in particular, the result of selling forestland in T & uuml;rkiye poses a somewhat similar picture on the selling of lands that have lost their forest character. It has been observed that K & imath;z & imath;lcahamam district is facing significant challenges due to urbanization and profit-oriented real estate development and that the law fails to solve the problem of 2/B qualified properties. It has been determined that the application of Law No 6292, which was enacted on social and economic grounds for both the government and local beneficiaries, seems insufficient to meet the desired goal. In conclusion, it is recommended that reform of 2/B regulation is needed to achieve sustainable forestry and urbanization in T & uuml;rkiye.