Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Etkinlik Kategorisi: Çalıştay Organizasyonu
Etkinlik Türü: Çalıştay
Etkinlik Organizasyonu Yılı: 2021
Özet:
Boxwood (Buxaceae, Buxus sp) is an evergreen shrub or a small tree. It grows at altitudes of up 100-
2000 m, in mixed deciduous forests, thickets and cliffs on slopes. Boxwood trees, which grow in
the region stretching from the east of the Black Sea to Kastamonu and Zonguldak, are one of the
hardest trees in Turkey. The genus Buxus includes about 100 species, mainly in Europe, the West
Indies, East Asia, and Central America. There are two natural species in our country, Buxus
sempervirens L. (boxwood) and Buxus balearica Lam (long-leaved boxwood). B. sempervirens L.
(boxwood) is the boxwood species with the widest natural distribution areas. In the past, in our
region, there was a pure stand in the area located between Fırtına and Hemşin Stream, which
consists of 52,970 hectares of land, most of which extends from Çamlıhemşin district of Rize to
Erzurum and Artvin provinces, and especially within the borders of Meydan village. In the last 10
years, both the monumental boxwoods in this valley and the boxwood trees that exist in all areas
up to 1200 meters above sea level in the Black Sea region have all or partly dried up.
As the first priority gene source, boxwood is among the forest tree species that should be protected
according to the National Plan for the In-situ Conservation of Genetic Diversity of Turkey. Drying
observed in the boxwood plant, which is used especially in landscaping in various countries of the
world, is an important problem. However, the fact that drying and extinction is observed even in
natural boxwood forests and monumental boxwoods like our country reveals a much more serious
ecological problem. This situation has emerged in the last 10 years, it has started to be seen in all
boxwood areas throughout the country, it has spread rapidly, and consequently many trees have
disappeared. Solutions to this problem should be investigated immediately and measures should be
taken before it is too late. It will be an important success of the workshop to prevent the extinction
of our boxwood forests, even partially, to create solution proposals and to raise awareness on the
subject.
The main objective of the workshop is to exchange information on how to save other existing
boxwood species, especially Buxus sempervirens L (boxwood) and Buxus balearica Lam (islandish tree
species), which spread naturally throughout the country but have come to the point of extinction.
I fully believe that the speakers and participants will contribute to the protection of boxwood trees
and their transfer to future generations, with their sharing which reflects the existing problems and
solution suggestions regarding boxwood. I also think that in addition to the problems that climate
change will bring in recent years, the negative effects of both natural and man-made damage in the
ecosystem on BIODIVERSITY and possible solutions will be determined.
The target to be achieved with the workshop; is to bring together public institutions authorized in
the field, private or legal institutions/organizations that are related to the subject, and local and
foreign scientists who have studies on the subject. In this way, more permanent, applicable, urgent
solutions in the short term and the measures to be taken in the long term will be provided. In
addition, repeating the workshop in the coming years will contribute to revealing what has been
done or not done on the subject, following the deficiencies, and protecting the resources that are
about to disappear.