"Turkey launches fund to halt biodiversity decline
02-06-2006
Doga Dernegi (BirdLife in Turkey) has formed a partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry to establish a national fund to halt biodiversity decline.
The Turkish Zero Extinction Fund will carry out priority conservation actions in the 305 Key Biodiversity Areas identified by Doga Dernegi.
The official launch will take place on 4 June on CNN Turk, one of the main media sponsors of the campaign. CNN Turk will promote the fund and its ten highest priority projects through a series of television broadcasts. A number of fundraising initiatives will also be carried out including an internet-based auction of 18 Turkish artists’ paintings, whose profits will feed the fund."
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