Türkiye on Friday released a map of the projected distribution of trees and the migration of forests around the country's internal Marmara Sea until the end of this century. The initiative was part of a project carried out to explore the potential of the northwestern forests in the Marmara region to adapt to climate change. About 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of forestland in the Marmara region, according to the findings of the project launched in 2019 by the General Directorate of Forestry. It forecasts the changes that may unfold in the forest cover through time via a geographical information system. Speaking to Anadolu, Marmara Forestry Research Institute chief Mehmet Ozdemir said the main aim was to analyze the impact of climate change on forests and develop appropriate adaptation strategies. Ozdemir said that the team prepared forecasts of tree species distribution across 2030, 2050, 2070, and 2100 under various climate scenarios.
