Turkey’s National Action Program on Combating Desertification. Country/Territory Turkey Document type Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Forestry, Land & soil, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Agricultural land Biodiversity Capacity building Climate change Desertification Disasters Early warning system/emergency intervention system Ecosystem preservation Education Effluent waste water/discharge EIA Environmental security Erosion Gender Governance Institution Integrated management International agreement-text Local government Monitoring Non-governmental entity Policy/planning Precautionary principle Research Risk assessment/management Soil conservation/soil improvement Sustainable development Waste management Forest management/forest conservation Inventory Pastoralism Protection of environment Agro-forestry Land-use planning Range Survey/mapping Management/conservation Protection of habitats Protection of species Wild fauna Wild flora Geographical area Asia, Black Sea, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia Abstract Turkey’s National Action Program on Combating Desertification is a national policy with a cross-sectoral approach. The main objective of the National Action Program on Combating Desertification is to address underlying factors to combat desertification with the participation of state, local organizations, land-owners and local people, in compliance with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Full text English