KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF FORESTRY FACULTY, cilt.15, sa.2, ss.279-296, 2015 (Hakemli Dergi)
Our country has been concentrating on various investment projects with the concerns of development reflex and rapidly compensating for the energy deficit. However, perceiving nature protection most of the time as a luxurious endeavor while making these investments results in great natural destructions. Valley of Arhavi Kamilet - Durguna and its surroundings constitute a very valuable and vulnerable ecosystem, which is closely facing the investment pressure.