In this context, the first “Workshop on Ecosystem Services and Agricultural Practices” of the GAP Region was held in Batman, with the participation of institutional representatives from Batman and surrounding provinces, to build a repository of knowledge and bring together expertise views on how natural ecosystems affected agricultural production and benefitted which sectors. It was aimed in the context of the project to build a model through a mapping approach to the contribution by ecosystem services to agricultural practices for the first time in the GAP Region. Prior to the workshop, data were collected through survey studies with various institutions in GAP provinces; Geographic Information Systems were used to identify the presence of natural areas that would represent various types of ecosystem services; and Batman ultimately emerged as the province to develop the model and hold the workshop.
The Integrated Resource Efficiency in Agriculture and Agro-based Industries in the Southeast Anatolia Region Project is implemented by the Southeast Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration (GAP RDA) with technical assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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