WHAT IS TREE ? : TREE MEANS LONGLASTING PLANTS WHICH ARE NOT LESS
THAN 5 MT. HEIGHT AND 10 CM. DIAMETER;CARRY AND HOLD A TOP-CROWN
CONSTITUTED WITH LEAVES,BRANCHS AND SUCKERS(SHOOTS );THICKEN IN DIAMETERS EACH YEAR;GET LONGER HAVING SUCKERS(SHOOTS);AND HAVE
MOSTLY WOODED-CELLS.
WHAT IS FOREST ? : A FOREST MEANS AN ECOSYSTEM WHICH IS CONSTITUTED
WITH PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AS SOIL,AIR,WATER,LIGHT AND HEAT
AND OTHER PLANTS,ANIMALS,MICROORGANISMS AND IS THE TISSUE OF MUTUAL
RELATIONS TOGETHER AMONG THEM.
EXISTENCES OF THE FOREST IN TURKEY AND THE WORLD : THE AMOUNT OF THE
TERRESTRIAL FIELDS OF THE FORESTS IN THE WORLD IS 3.8 MILLIARD HECTARES.
TROPICAL AND SEMI-TROPICAL FORESTS ARE CONSTITUTED 56% OF THE WHOLE
AMOUNT.95% OF THE WORLD'S FORESTS ARE NATURAL FORESTS,AND 5% OF THE
WHOLE AMOUNT IS AFFECTED ONES.ABOUT OUR COUNTRY'S FORESTED AREA;
THEY ARE 20.7 MILLION HECTARS AND CONSTITUTED 26.7% OF THE WHOLE AREA.
THE TREE TYPES IN OUR FORESTED AREAS : THE LEAFED TREES LIKE CHESTNUT,
BEECH,OAK,POPLAR,BIRCH,LINDEN,ASH TREE,MAPLE,ELM,PLANE,WILLOW,WALNUT
AND TREES WITH NEEDLE-SHAPED LIKE PINE,FIR TREE,SUPRUCE,CEDAR,JUNIPER,
CYPRESSYEW TREE.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FORESTS IN OUR COUNTRY'S ECONOMY : WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE ADDITIVES OF FORESTRY SECTOR INTO OUR ECONOMY
IN TWO PARTS AS MEASURABLE ADDITIVES IN MONEY,AND NON-MEASURABLE
ADDITIVES IN MONEY.
THE MEASURABLE ADDITIVES IN MONEY ARE ;THE PRODUCTION OF WOODEN-SOURCED FORESTS,THE PRODUCTION OF SECONDARY FOREST PRODUCTIONS,
AND ADDITIVES FOR BEING FUNCTIONED;THE EFFECTS ONTHE DECREASING OF
THE INTERZONE-DIFFERENCES;THE AFFIRMATIVE EFFECTS ON THE BALANCE OF
PAYMENTS ;MINERAL CHARACTERISTIC-EFFECTS;AGGRICULTURE;LIVESTOCK AND
EFFECTS ON TOURISN SECTOR.
THE NON-MEASURABLE ADDITIVES IN MONEY ARE;CLIMATE,PROTECTION OF IMPOR-
TANT NATURAL SOURCES LIKE SOIL AND WATER AND KEEPING THEM IN BALANCE;
TO PREVENT THE WINDS AND SAND DUNES BEING A WALL AGAINST THEM;ARRAN-
GING THE WATER-FLOWS,TO PREVENT BECOMING ARIDS ARRANGING THE CONTINU-
OUSNESS OF UNDERGROUND AND SURFACED NATURAL WATER SOURCES;TO PREVENT THE EROSION AND THEREFORE TO EXTEND THE LIFETIMES OF THE FIELDS
AND DAMS;TO PREVENT THE FLOODS AND AVALANCHES AND AFFIRMATIVE EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY.
THE FORESTRY WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT SECTOR IN OUR COUNTRY HAS A BIG
''THRUSTING,ENCOURAGING'' STRATEGIC ROLE ON COUNTRY'S DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT ARE THE FOREST PRODUCTS ? : FOREST PRODUCTS ARE CONSIDERED IN
TWO CATEGORIES AS FUNDAMENTAL AND SECONDARY FOREST PRODUCTS.
FUNDAMENTAL FOREST PRODUCTS
LOG
WIRE POLE
MINE POLE
INDUSTRIAL WOOD
WOODS FOR PAPER MANUFACTURING
WOODS FOR FIBER SHAVINGS
POLE
TWIG(ROD)
FIREWOOD
SECONDARY FOREST PRODUCTS
RESINOUS WOOD
LAUREL(BAY)
BOXWOOD
ROOTWOOD
THYME
SAGE TEA
PINE NUT
ALL SORT OF BULBS
MUSHROOMS
CONE