Turkey
Climate targets: LULUCF
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Reduce deforestation and forest damage by 20% by 2020 against a 2007 baseline
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Increase the amount of sequestered carbon as a result of agricultural forestry activities by 10% by 2020 against a 2007 baseline
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Identify the amount of sequestered carbon in pastures and meadows in 2012, and increase carbon stock 3% by 2020 against a 2012 baseline
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Identify the existing carbon stock in wetlands in 2012, and maintain the level until 2020
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Identify the quantity of carbon stored in settlement areas in 2012, and increase stored carbon 3% by 2020 through green planting by 2020 against a 2012 baseline
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Increase the amount of carbon sequestered in forests by 15% of the 2007 value by 2020 (14,500 Gg in 2007, 16,700 Gg in 2020) by 2020 against a 2007 baseline
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181.4 million tonnes of carbon to be absorbed by forest areas in addition to carbon absorbed by existing sinks by 2020 against a 2008 baseline
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2.3 million hectares of land to be afforested and rehabilitated by 2012 against a 2008 baseline
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Number of Protected Areas (National Park, Nature Park, Nature Monument, Nature Conservation Area, Wildlife Development Area, Ramsar Area, Wetlands of National Importance and Wetlands of Local Importance, Natural Site, Special Environmental Protection Area) (Cumulative) | from 1,429 in 2018 to 1,595 in 2023
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For further analysis of the NDC, see Turkey country profile on
from the Grantham Research Institute
from the Grantham Research Institute
