Studies of Forestry Research Institutes in Turkey

1. Studies of ForestryResearchInstitutes in Turkey REPUBLIC OF TURKEY Ministry of Environment and Forestry Research and Development Department UNFF9, New York 2011 1

2. Foundation of ForestryResearchInstitutes • FirstForestryResearchInstitutewasestablished in 1952 • At present, thereare 11 ForestryResearchInstitutes UNFF9, New York 2011 2

3. Task of Forestry Research Institutes • To prepare and carry out research projects according to regional site characteristics for: • Solving forestry problems • Increasing productivity in forestry sector • Searching and improving new methods to increase quality • To provide technical assistance to forestry sector • To make cooperation/ technology and information transfer with other national and international research institutes, • To organize conferences, seminars, training programmes UNFF9, New York 2011 3

4. Forestry Research Institutes • Research institutes working on a regional basis • Central Anatolia Forestry Research Institute ANKARA 1955 • Southwest Anatolia Forestry Research Institute ANTALYA 1958 • Eastern Blacksea Forestry Research Institute TRABZON 1959 • Western Blacksea Forestry Research Institute BOLU 1965 • Eastern Mediterranean Forestry Research Institute TARSUS 1967 • Eastern Anatolia Forestry Research Institute ERZURUM 1967 • Aegean Forestry Research Institute İZMİR 1977 • Southeastern Anatolia Forestry Research Institute ELAZIĞ 1977 • Research institutes working nation-wide • Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute İZMİT 1962 • Forest Tree Seeds and Tree Breeding Research Institute ANKARA 1969 • Forest Soil and Ecology Research Institute ESKİŞEHİR 1999 UNFF9, New York 2011 4

5. Areas of Responsibity of Regional FRIs Eastern blacksea FRI TRABZON Western Blacksea FRI BOLU Eastern Anatolıa FRI ERZURUM Central Anatolia FRI ANKARA Aegean Forestry FRI İZMİR Southeastern Anatolia FRI ELAZIĞ Eastern Mediterranean FRI TARSUS Southwest Anatolia FRI ANTALYA UNFF9, New York,2011

6. Areas of Responsibity of FRIs working nation-wide Poplar and Fast Growing Forest Trees Research Institute iİZMİR Forest Tree Seeds and Tree Breeding Research Institu ANKARA Forest Soil and Ecology Research Institute ESKİŞEHİR UNFF9, New York,2011

7. Research Divisions of Regional FRIs Treebreeding Silviculture Forestprotection Forestecologyandsoil Forest managment andyield Foresteconomyandpolicy Socialforestryandpublicrelation Forestproducts UNFF9, New York,2011

8. ResearchForests • Thereare 10 researchforests in whichresearchprojectsandexperimentsarecarriedout UNFF9, New York 2011

9. General Overwiew of FRIs UNFF9, New York,2011 9

10. Activites of Institutes Forest Research Project Forest Monitoring Forest Inventory National Forest Inventory Biyodiversity (Inventory flora and fauna Other (Soil, water, plant analysis, seed test) UNFF9, New York,2011

11. Main Research Fields of FRIs Seed and Tree Breeding Silviculture Forest Protection(forest fire, insect, other pathogens) Erosion control Forest Economics, Forest Yield and Growth Social Forestry Non-wood forest products Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration Watershed management Forest Policy UNFF9, New York 2011

12. Forest research project ,Tree Breeding To increase wood production, to study on poplar and fast growing forest tree species, poplar institutes was established at İzmit in 1967 Poplar Wood Production reached 3 million m3 in 2000, while it was 300 thousand m3 in 1950. There are approximately 90.000 hektares of exotic poplar clone plantations in our country Most Widely-used clone is I-214 The SAMSUN (I-77/51) UNFF9, New York 2011

13. Forest research project ,Tree Breeding Annual increments: I-214 Clone, 23 m3/ha/year SAMSUN Clone, 28 m3/ha/year IZMIT Clone, 33,5 m3/ha/year UNFF9, New York 2011

14. Training program Training program for poplar growers UNFF9, New York 2011

15. Forestry Research Project-Tree Breeding two species of EucalyptusoriginallyfromAustraliawere planted in 1939, TheResult of Adaptationtrail is succesfull Eucalyptus camaldulensis Eucalyptus grandis. 50m3/ha E. Grandis(annual volume increment) UNFF9, New York 2011

16. Forestry Research ProjectTree breeding Forest tree seeds and tree breeding Research Directorate was established to improve native species such as Pinus brutia Seed source planning The selection of seed stands Establishing seed orchards Clonal seed orchards are being planted UNFF9, New York 2011

17. Forestry Research Project-Tree Breeding Number of Seedstands: 226 (46.390 hectares) Plustrees Climbing into the crown by safety belt and spurs Number of Pinusbrutiaclonalseedorchards is 168 (1.159 hectare) Grafts Grafted seedling UNFF9, New York 2011

18. Forest research project ,Tree Breeding Progenytrials • Requiredforestablishmentof seedorchardswithgeneticallysuperiorfamilies • Pinusbrutia • 16 trials, 1400 entries, 70 hektare • Pinussylvestris • 2 trials, 7 ha UNFF9, New York 2011

19. Forestresearchproject ,TreeBreedingProgenytrials 7thyearheight =11,50 m

20. Geneticgainforheight at age 4 UNFF9, New York 2011

21. Provenances Trials The main aim of the provenances trail is to determine the best performing provenances for forestations, each geographic zone in Turkey. Turkish Forest Research Institutes are carrying out 5 provenances trials1- Red Pine (Pinusbrutia Ten ) 2- Taurus Cedar (Cedruslibani A. Rich ) 3-Turkish Pine (Pinusnigra) 4- Scotch Pine (Pinussylvestis L.) 5- Provenance Trial of Stone Pine (PinuspineaL.) (in Mediterranean region) Firstestablished in 1984 UNFF9, New York 2011

22. Provenances Trail in Turkey PROVENANCE TRİALS IN TURKEY Ministry of Forestry and Environment Central Anatolia Forest Research Directory UNFF9, New York 2011

23. Provenancestrials of 8 exoticfast-growingspecieswereestablished. Pinuspinaster Pinusradiata Pinusconcorta Pinushalepensis Pinustaeda Pinusponderosa Pinusmuricata Pseudotsugamenziesii Provenances Trials UNFF9, New York 2011

24. ForestryResearch Project Investigationshavebeencarrying in ordertodeterminethecarbonamount in forestecosystemsaccordingtothe “United NationsFrameworkConvention on ClimateChange, UNFCCC” The uproot of the trees in order to determine the biomass below ground of the trees Determining the biomass above ground of the trees

25. Determining of theannuallitterfall in ordertocalculate of theannualcarboninputtoforestfloor 25

26. Erosion Control Toprak Koruma ve Erozyonla Mücadele • Erosion control • Terrace planting

27. Forestry Research Projects Toprak Koruma ve Erozyonla Mücadele Dune Fixation

28. Forestry Research Project Forest fires

29. Researchsarebeıngcarrıedoutınthefloowıngtopıcs: Beekeping Forstvalues Wildcedarmushroom Ecoturism Naturalresourceplannıng Forestvillages (socialandeconomicalproblems) SocialandEconomicalProjects

30. Forest Monitoring(ICP Forsts Programme • Forest Health and vitality monitoring occurs on 800 level I plots 30

31. Intensive Forest Monitoring Level II • 12 plotshavebeeninstalled. • 1- soil, foliar, soilsolution, andlitterfallanalysis at laboratory, • 2- ozoneinjury, treegrowth, phenologicalobservations, meteorologyandairquality. • About 60 researchershavebeeninvolved in thesurveys • Weareplanningtoincreasethenumber of LII plotsfrom12 to50. 31

32. Intensive Monitoring Plots in Turkey Levil II 20 23 7 5 22 6 4 8 9 27 10 11 1

33. ICP Forests Laboratory • According to the project a reference laboratory has been constructed as a part of Ege Forestry Researc ICP Forests Project in Izmir. • This laboratory is going to be capable of measuring many parameters from soil, plant and water samples in relation to fertility and pollution. • The laboratory will regularly be subjected to a number of international comparison tests, i.e. international ring tests."

34. Icp Forests Programı izleme laboratuvarı ICP ForestsLaboratory Ar-Ge Dairesi Başkanlığı

35. Other activities • Gene conservation forests: 36 species, 231 plots, 35000 hectares • Açıklama

36. FRIshavealsoprovidedlaboratoryservicestoourclientsfor 70 000 analysis (water, soil, plantandpeat) havebeenmadeannually. Laboratory services

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