Preparing Turkey's Natura 2000 network
Technical assistance to strengthen the national nature protection system.
Technical assistance to strengthen the national nature protection system.
The challenge
Turkey needed to reflect its high biodiversity in the EU’s Natura 2000 network using the best available methods.
That meant reconciling its own approach to site designation with EU practice, defining national criteria for Special Protection Areas, and building capacity across ministries, academia and nature conservation NGOs.
What was done
Oikon was part of a consortium with Human Dynamics, Eco Med, GAF AG and REC, on a 36-month EU-funded technical assistance contract. The project had three goals:
Methods used
Outcome
The project built the technical structure, IT infrastructure and institutional capacity needed to designate and manage Natura 2000 sites in Turkey.
Training courses, guidelines and manuals were handed over to the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks, the Department of Information Technologies, and other institutions and universities.
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