Öz Orman-İş participated in another side event meeting on 19 October 2015 under COP 12 activities.

With the attendance of university academicians and President of Öz Orman-İş Settar ASLAN, Assistant General Secretary Mehmet Çetin, hold a speech issued Desertification and Society at the panel of Social Dimension of Desertification.

Mehmet Çetin indicated, “There is a direct liaison between desertification, land degradation human and moral stance adding the basic problem of desertification is the sense of nature as an exploited existence.

There is a direct coupling between ‘desertification map’ and ‘colonialism map’ While there is a inking up between desertification and poverty a connection between desertification and wealth has been overlooked.” he added.