Türkiye’deki sivil toplum kuruluşlarının ekoloji ve biyoçeşitliliğin korunmasındaki rolleri
The Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations in Turkey in Conservation of Ecology and Biodiversity

Summary/Abstract: After the industrial revolution, human beings started to consume their environment rapidly and ultimately destroyed the planet to an irreversible extent. The "ecological crisis" emerging on earth, which is becoming more and more difficult to live with each passing day, due to environmental pollution, deforestation and gases released into the atmosphere, should at least be mitigated. More responsibilities fall on the international community, states, political parties, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and even individuals in this regard. The aim of this study is to examine what NGOs do and can do for the protection of ecology and biodiversity in Turkey. Qualitative research method based on literature, observation and interviews was used in the study. The activities, fields of activity and audiences of the NGOs, which are limited in number in Turkey and try to raise awareness by organizing environmentally sensitive individuals, in order to protect Ecology and Biodiversity are discussed. As a result of the study, although it was seen that NGOs were effective from time to time in preventing the ecological crisis in Turkey, it can be said that the environmental movement in Turkey has an elitist aspect and the environmental movement does not spread to the grassroots.

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