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2 nd International Non-Wood Products Symposium 8-10 September 2011 - Isparta/TURKEY
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Figure 2. Annual area of private afforestations in Isparta over time (data from AGM Isparta Regional Office).
Treasury
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Private
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3%
trees, if they have already lost their vigor to grow
through year of disturbances such as heavy
grazing.
Among the specific action plans, stone pine action
plan and locust (carob tree) action plan can be
mentioned. With these plans, degraded
unproductive lands can be utilized to produce
valuable products, either through planting
seedlings or promoting sprouting stumps (in the
case of carob tree).
Forestland
72%
Figure 3. Distribution of the private afforestations in
Isparta based on the ownership of the land (data from
AGM Isparta Regional Office).
5. OTHER PROJECTS CONTRIBUTING TO
NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS
State forestry authorities have also developed
some projects and action plans to promote species
with won-wood forest products. Among these,
rehabilitation activities carried out by General
Directorate of Forestry hold an important place. In
these activities degraded sites are protected from
natural and anthropogenic disturbances, and then
promising species and individuals on site are
liberated from competition. Prescribed burning,
cutting and grafting can also be employed to
promote new and healthy sprouts of these valuable
6. SOME ISSUES RELATED TO PRIVATE
AFFORESTATIONS
One of the main issues is related to “degraded” or
“unproductive” forest lands allocated for private
afforestations. The data shows that about ¾ of the
private afforestations are established on such
lands. These lands are considered to be degraded
or unproductive because they have a crown
closure less than 10 % and they produce little or
no income for forest authorities. These lands are
generally marginal sites with lack of water and
nutrients, prone to water and wind erosion.
However, most of these areas are covered by
significant amount of shrubs or herbaceous ground
vegetation, which is adapted to these adverse site
conditions and performs important ecological
functions. These sites can be good places to
sequester carbon in and above the ground, they
can protect soil from erosion, and they can even
create valuable wildlife habitats for birds and
small mammals. More importantly, some of these
sites are inherently rich, but shows little of its
potential because of excessive utilization through
cutting or grazing. If these sites are protected from
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