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A Commentary on Turkey’s Habitat III National Report – Sustainable(?) Urbanisation in Turkey

A brief, critical view to Turkey's (official) National HABITAT III Report, prepared by Helsinki Citizens' Assembly - Turkey

The infrastructure we don’t want: OECD infrastructure advice to the G20

A study commissioned by the Heinrich Böll Foundation found that the OECD's infrastructure investment advice to the G20 finance track lacks coherence with sustainable development and is “out of sync” with recent achievements of the global community.

Trees versus Concrete: Deforestation in the North Bosphorus Region and Civil Society Responses

Currently, up to 4 million trees are cleared in connection to the construction of the 3rd Bosphorus bridge and a new airport, and this might just be the beginning. Against the background of this threat, Turkish environmentalists have organized protests and taken up the fight against deforestation. Due to problems with democratic decision-making and the rule of law, civil society efforts have so far shown very limited results. One of the pressing questions of the future, therefore, will be which other options are available to civil society to respond to the threat of deforestation.

By Konrad Gürtler

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2021 yazında marmara denizinde oluşan musilajın suadiye sahilinde tepeden görünüşü

Sea snot or mucilage: More than what is seen on the surface

Report

The brief report titled "The Mucilage Problem: Causes, Consequences and Solutions" highlights that the mucilage surfacing on the sea and nauseating those living along the Marmara coast for weeks is merely “the visible part” of the problem. It outlines the causes, consequences, and possible solutions.

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Sosyal ve Ekolojik Dönüşüm

Finans krizi, iklim değişikliği, kaynakların kısıtlığı, bioçeşitlilik kaybı, yoksulluk ve sosyal adaletsizlik radikal bir değişiklik gerekliliği konusunda şüphe bırakmıyor. Bu anlamda kendi ekonomik faaliyetlerimizi, doğa ile ilişkimizi, bir arada yaşamayı nasıl şekillendireceğimizi bulmak gerekiyor. Bunu bulmak bir arayış süreci. Biz, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Derneği Türkiye ofisi olarak kentlerde ve kırsal alanda sürdürülebilir bir gelecek için çeşitli konsept ve fikirleri desteklemeyi amaçlıyoruz. Örneğin; alternatif yaşam modelleri, tarım ve kırsal alan için alternatifler, kente dair yeni fikirler ve maaliyetini insan ve doğanın ödemek zorunda kalmadığı ekonomilere dair fikirler...

Western Anatolia: Agroecological knowledge systems in practice

Paris in dreams, Baku in reality

The “nature-based solutions” trap