The Story of a Team That Speaks with Trees in Istanbul Forests

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The "Ecosystem Services for Social Cohesion in the Istanbul Regional Directorate of Forestry" Project, carried out in cooperation with the Istanbul Regional Directorate of Forestry, Nature Conservation Centre Foundation, and IUCN Urban Alliance, has set out with ambitious goals not only for the conservation of forests in the 630,000-hectare forest area covering the provinces of Istanbul, Edirne, Kırklareli, and Tekirdağ, but also for combating climate change and increasing social resilience.

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