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“Respect for Soil” walk organized by TEMA Foundation |
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Turkey attaches great importance to developing cooperation with international institutions and countries in the region regarding the protection of the environment. Turkey takes part in the Black Sea Environment Program along with other |
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littoral countries. It also plays an active role in projects for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution. Within this context, Turkey signed the Bucharest and Barcelona agreements. Furthermore, Turkey is engaged in joint efforts with a number of countries within the framework of bilateral environmental cooperation agreements. The works on the projects titled Rehabilitation of Anatolian Water Basins, Marmara Sea Environment Master Plan and Investment Strategies, International Environmental Strategies (UÇES), and The Preventing of Pollution Resulting from Marine and Aerial Vehicles are still continuing. |
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| Moreover, ongoing preparatory studies aimed at enhancing cooperation with the EU on environmental issues have gained momentum during the harmonization process with the Union that began with the Helsinki Summit of 1999. Efforts are underway to harmonize environmental regulations in line with the National Program published in 2001. Studies to revise this program are still going on. Environmental regulations concerning motor vehicles and chemicals have already been harmonized with the EU norms and work is progressing to harmonize the Bird and Habitat directives. |
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| Following its ratification on May 24, 2004, Turkey, along with 189 nations, became a party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The first National Declaration has been prepared by the cooperation of the concerned institutions and organizations and under the coordination of Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Being an industrializing country, Turkey’s demand for energy is constantly increasing. Turkey aims to continue its efforts for industrialization through rational use of its existing energy resources and increasing its renewable energy sources at the same time. |
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| The Kyoto Protocol, aiming to reduce emissions of greenhouses gases to reasonable levels, was signed and ratified by 141 nations, including the EU, and went into effect on February 16, 2005. Turkey, as yet, is not a party to |
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