Bio-diversity

Tunceli garlic (Allium Tuncelianum) which is an endemic species, exist in the world only in Tunceli and especially at the foothill of Munzur mountains. Allium Tuncelianum (A.T )is facing with the danger of deplation because of insensible harvesting of the suburb people. A.T has also profitable feature for suburb people which can be harvesting in a year approximately 8-10 tonnes the obstructions in front of A.T can be heading under 3 titles. 1: Unconscious people don t pay attention to protect A.T 2: t is very widespread to sell the A.T because of destitution 3: Not constituting a comprehensive protecting and improving program. Because of this reasons to protect and cultivate A.T in its original place and to construct the infrastructure of the work,the project is presented to GEF-SGP. Have applied between april 2003 and november 2004. n first phase it has been investigated the conditions of cultivating A.T in its original place. Later it has been costitute the market condition. Obtaining data after this work costitute the second phase of the project. -Starting to seeding widespreadly A.T in 4 year. -Beside the existing market of A.T devoloping the new cultivating A.T s introduction. -bringing the producer into institutional structure as cooperative , so that supplying the projects continuity and protecting the A.T in nature.

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