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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

Environmental Justice in Turkey: Megaprojects in the Framework of Democracy and the Rule of Law in Turkey and the EU

To assess the impact of the EU environmental acquis in the context of the EU-Turkey accession negotiations and reinforce networks between European and Turkish environmental civil society actors, a delegation of Turkish legal experts, parliamentarians, academics and environmental activists visited Brussels between 26th and 29th January 2016.

Can De-growth be a panacea for our problems?

Here you willl find our dossier which includes the voice and video records of the degrowth conference and the article "9 theses on criticizing the green economy"

Save the spirit of Belgrade Forest! - Publikationen

Ünal Akkemik Belgrade Forest, to the north of Istanbul’s European coast, covers approximately 5300 hectares with mostly broadleaf trees. Recent archaeological excavations in Yenikapı confirm that...

By Ünal Akkemik

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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...