Instruction on controlling soil erosion. Country/Territory Turkey Document type Miscellaneous Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Erosion Forest management/forest conservation Forestry protection measures Agro-forestry Policy/planning Protected area Public forest Soil conservation/soil improvement Community management Geographical area Asia, Western Asia Abstract Provisions are made in order to provide guidelines to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry staff on the principles of erosion controlling efforts. All efforts will take place on the lands included (or to-be included) into the forestry regime, with higher priority for the lands already in the forestry regime. Community shall be heavily involved. The principles that would be followed on area selection are: (i) areas with on going project implementations; (ii) sizeable areas suitable for implem Full text Turkish