In Turkey, the amount of plastic waste per capita has reached 128 kilograms per year.

India topped the list with 124 pesticide notifications, followed by Turkey with 105, according to European Commission data.

At the launch of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung’s updated Soil Atlas 2025, experts highlighted growing soil degradation, rapid urbanization, and the uncertain future of agriculture in Turkey, calling for urgent action to protect the country’s most vital resource.

Kazdağları faces a serious threat from planned gold-silver mining projects in the region. As the process advances in line with EIA reports and company statements, local communities and professional organizations are once again mobilizing to defend their living spaces.

"The mild climate and the fact that winters have become warmer in recent years due to global climate change allow the storks to stay here," says an expert.

"The regional appeals court has upheld the annulment of the zoning change. Despite this, continuing work on the site clearly causes public harm," protesters say.

A red fox and a rough-legged buzzard were observed searching for prey.

The animals were killed during their breeding season.

“From what I’ve heard from my elders, such an extended tea harvest has not happened in Rize’s history," says the head of the province's chamber of agriculture.

The environmental impact assessment process for the project planned for the Seymen Pasture was terminated due to the negative opinions of official institutions.

The project are for the mine overlaps with parts of the Hûsika village, its water reservoir and cemetery.

The fallow deer, native to the Mediterranean region, are classified as an endangered species due to habitat loss and hunting.