The National Drought Management Strategy and Action Plan is a national policy with a sectoral approach. The timeframe of the Action Plan is 7 years between 2017 and 2023. The purpose of this Action Plan is to combat drought through the result-oriented and concrete targets for watershed-based sustainable drought management with coordination and participation of public institutions, private sector, non-governmental organizations and scientific institutions. Legal frameworks and institutional capacity building will be strengthened to ensure sustainable drought management. Drought will be integrated into the Law No. 831 on water as well as into the disaster risk reduction and management planning. National coordination and international cooperation will be strengthened. Research, planning and implementation studies will be carried out to ensure effective drought and watershed management. Climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies will be implemented in drought management with a special emphasis on areas under risk of drought. The resilience of watershed will be increased through monitoring and climate change adaptation. Measures will be taken to combat drought and erosion to conserve soil and water resources. Early warning system will be developed. A National Drought Database will be established based on geographical information systems and will be linked to the National Water Database as well as to the Disaster Management and Decision Support System. Infrastructure will be developed for the insurance system of agricultural products efficiency. Community awareness will be raised through printed and visual media. The monitoring and evaluation of the Action Plan established under the National Drought Management Strategy Paper will be carried out by the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs. In detail, monitoring of agricultural drought will be carried out by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, monitoring of meteorological drought will be carried out by the General Directorate of Meteorology, and monitoring of hydrological drought will be carried out by the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works. The reporting system and its content will be determined by the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs. In order to ensure effective implementation of this Action Plan at provincial level, the Provincial Water Management Coordination Committees will be established.
تركيا · 2016-01-01