From 2001 to 2022, Turkey lost 678kha of tree cover, equivalent to a -0.9% net decrease in tree cover since 2001.
In Turkey from 2001 to 2022, 678kha of tree cover loss occurred in areas where the dominant drivers of loss resulted in deforestation.
In Turkey, the top 5 regions were responsible for 36.7% of all tree cover loss between 2001 and 2022. Nigde had the most tree cover loss at 67.3kha compared to an average of 8.4 kha.
Between 8 Jan 2023 and 31 Dec 2023 Turkey experienced a total of 23,244 VIIRS fire alerts (high confidence).