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This report takes place within the framework of the regional project “Maximize the production of goods and services of Mediterranean forest ecosystems in the context of global changes” (2012-2016) financed by the French Global Environment Facility together with the German Cooperation (GIZ), the French Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifood, and Forestry, and the European Union in 5 countries in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) and the Near East (Lebanon, Turkey). Turkey has provided a national and technical report on the component 2 of the project focused on the evaluation of the economic and social value of certain goods and services provided by Mediterranean forest ecosystems. This report provides an assessment of the socio-economic value of goods and services rendered by the forest ecosystem at the Düzlerçamı pilot site with the aim of providing assistance for the decision-making process and strengthening support actions for a sustainable management of these ecosystems. Four ecosystem goods and services were selected as priorities for the different stakeholders and according to the presence of data about timber production, biodiversity protection, recreation and sequestration of carbon.
