Mankind has always been intertwined with the forest and has benefited from this unique resource in different ways. The perspective and perception of the society on forest resources is effective in determining the demands on forest resources and using these resources effectively. The way of utilization from forests has changed over time due to the effects of global warming and climate change, increase in population, unplanned urbanization, increasing industrialization, wrong land use and rising

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... iving standards. The diversity of benefits produced by forests also makes forests a community resources. Generally, societies that interact with the forest aim to plan and utilize forest resources in a way that will provide the highest benefit. In this process, the society's perspective and perception towards forest resources is effective in determining the demands for forest resources and using these resources effectively. With this study, it was aimed to determine the social awareness levels of the people living in Kahramanmaraş city center regarding the forest functions. For this purpose, prepared a 43 item questionnaire was applied to 291 people through face to face interviews. For the purpose of the research, crosstab analysis and chi-square independence test were used. As a result of the study, it was determined that 5.5% of the participants had a medium and 94.5% had a high level of consciousness. Age, gender, educational status and income level variables from socioeconomic characteristics and the level of awareness about forest resources functions were examined. It was determined that there was only a significant relationship between education level and consciousness level (χ 2 =12.032, p=0.034). Also, it has been determined that there is a significant difference between gender and ways of utilization from the forest (χ 2 =27,186, p=0,000), education (χ 2 =136,150, p=0,000) and income (χ 2 =111,323, p=0,000) variables and ways of utilization from the forest, education (χ 2 =189.892, p=0,000) and income (χ 2 =137.191, p=0,000) variables and forestry organization's studies. In today's world where environmental disasters are increasing, awareness of all sections of society should be raised and in preventing these disasters the role of forest functions ought to be given importance.