We are looking to hire either:
• a Programme Expert
or
• a Programme Officer
depending on the qualifications of the applicants.
At Yolda Initiative, we are dedicated to biodiversity conservation, tackling the climate crisis and preserving sustainable land and sea use systems. If you share our vision, we’d love to hear from you!
📍 Location: Çanakkale (preferred) or Ankara (acceptable).
📩 Application deadline: January 13, 2025.
We are proud to announce that our Saros Bay Conservation and Restoration Planning Project has received endorsement from the European Commission as playing a central role in contributing to multiple objectives of the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters”.
This endorsement not only strengthens our commitment to protecting and restoring this ecologically and culturally rich area along Turkey’s Aegean coast but also highlights the importance of our project in driving transformative change in the Mediterranean. It integrates our work into the broader European commitment to marine #conservation and #sustainability.
The “Coexistence of Nature and Culture in Aegean Coasts of Turkey” workshop, held in Ankara on December 5-6, 2023, brought together 55 participants, including SSF cooperatives, NGOs, universities, and international representatives. Together, they identified conservation priorities and mapped threats to marine biodiversity and SSFs.
Our project, “A Cultural Landscapes Based Assessment: Coexistence of Nature and Culture in Aegean Coasts of Turkey,” continues with the “Nature and Culture Coexistence on the Aegean Coasts Workshop” on December 5-6, 2023. Participants will collaborate to identify regional threats and determine actions for the future.
As part of our ongoing project on small-scale fisheries, we conducted fieldwork in İzmir, focusing on mapping fishing areas and categorizing methods. We explored traditional techniques, like the Turkish blanket net, alongside innovative practices such as digital fish marketing. Challenges remain due to the lack of a regional fisheries approach in current legislation.
As part of our “Cultural Landscapes-based Assessment” project, we conducted fieldwork in Edremit Bay, visiting fishing areas and engaging with small-scale fishers and stakeholders. Key concerns include the impacts of industrial fishing on biodiversity and the lack of localized fishing regulations. We aim to address these challenges through multi-actor conservation strategies.
