Laurie Balbo
New Istanbul Airport Will Kill 658,000 Old Trees
Laurie Balbo | April 25th, 2013
Istanbul Airport Kills TreesTurkey’s booming aviation industry is planning new development that will wipe out over half a million old-growth trees.
Istanbul aims to build its third airport on nearly a square kilometer of previously pristine forest in the northern, European part of the city, on Lake Terkos near the Black Sea. With six runways and an annual capacity of 150 million passengers, Transport Minister Binali Yildirim told Turkish newspaper Zaman “it will be the largest airport in the world.”
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