The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has introduced that 1.5 million saplings might be planted by the top of 2024 to reforest the areas broken by the wildfires within the northwestern Çanakkale.
Speaking to native media, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı acknowledged that the 2 largest wildfires of this summer time broke out in Çanakkale, leading to a lack of forest cowl unfold throughout 3,890 hectares of land.
The ministry has begun efforts to rapidly regreen the fire-ravaged areas by the top of subsequent yr, Yumaklı mentioned.
“Firstly, we will remove the burned trees from the region with our expert teams. Based on the first examinations, it is estimated that approximately 700,000 trees were burned in the area,” Yumaklı mentioned.
Noting that after the removing of the burned bushes, the groups will conduct a research on the land, Yumaklı assured that the steps taken for reforestation might be accomplished by the top of 2024 on the newest.
“We plan to plant a total of 1.5 million saplings and provide 25 tons of seed support to the 3,890 hectares of forest land damaged by the two fires. We are now preparing for the region’s resurgence. And this won’t take too long; we will have completed it by the end of 2024,” he acknowledged.
“The first fireplace in July impacted 1,240 hectares of forest space. The second fireplace, which remains to be recent in our reminiscences, affected 2,650 hectares of forested space,” Yumaklı mentioned.
He added that every one residents affected by the fires can be compensated for his or her monetary losses, particularly those that stay on livestock, whose animals perished and whose barns have been broken.
Reiterating that 90% of forest fires get away by human-induced components, Yumaklı identified that the efforts made to extinguish forest fires must also be made to forestall the outbreak of fires.
“We will do greater than our greatest for Çanakkale, town of inexperienced, blue, tradition, nature, historical past, wrestle and perception,” he mentioned.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
