A rising star in land management : Turkey
Nedret Durutan Okan, S. et al
Planning and monitoring land use are two undeniable elements of governance, sitting at the beginning and end of the spatial management continuum. Accurate physical, social and economic data converted to information is necessary for planning that is relevant for poverty reduction. Among the outcomes of Turkeyys impressive economic performance of the past decade are pressures associated with growth in energy use, industry, tourism, where agriculture, water management, soil erosion, and nature protection remain long-term challenges. Evidence of Turkey being a responsible proponent of sustainable land management in terms of completed and planned investments is evidenced in the agricultural resources base and activity monitoring system that the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MFAL) has put into place and the implementation of a 5.5 million ha land consolidation program that underpins sustainable land management as the foundation of rural development and zoning measures that specifically allocate land to agricultural production and clean and renewable energies. Regional development approaches that take spatial planning as the nexus between poverty and resource management and large scale water basin management initiatives that dovetail into climate change mitigation are all indicators of Turkeyys commitment to improving and sustaining its land and other natural resource management capacities.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2013
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