Kuyucuk Lake, Turkey’s 13th, East Anatolia’s First Ramsar Area

06.04.2009 Press Description

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The Kars-Iğdır Natural Richity project, which was held together with the civilization University and Kars Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry, Kars Governor, Kars municipality, Arpacay slippery and Kuyucuk Village since 2004, is the first Ramsar area of the Wellcuk Lake Turkey 13 and East Anatolia. The agreement was held in Ramsar, a city of Iran in 1971, was to register the world’s most important wetlands. Ramsar is going to gain status, to gain a nevi gold medal or five stars of a wet area.

[[T]]For the last five years, the scientific data collected in the NorthDoğa Association, the Kuyucuk Lake showed that the area meets five steps, not a. Under these studies, Turkey’s first water ad ringing station was experienced in Kuyucuk Lake. NorthDoğa team worked at Kafkas University and other university students and volunteer of volunteer dedication from 14 countries, working day-to-day, from over 100 birds genre in Kuyucuk Lake 2000, and documented the importance of the lake worldwide. In addition, with the regular counts in the lacquer of the NorthDoğa Association, the lacquer used tens of birds from the most inclusive 204 species, time was determined that this number was passed 35,000. In September 2004, Cherry Erciyas, Cemal Özsemir and Dr. Katan Sugarcioglu's well-known lacquer has been announced a year after more than 20,000 ancestors and more than 10,000 inhabitants. [[[T]] [

To protect from excessive grazing of the ruins shot by the NorthDoğa Association, Professor of California State University in 2008 Dr.. With Sean Anderson, the sanction of the Wellcuk Lake started with Arpacay slipping and the destegiance of the village of Wellcuk. As a result of activities here, the Whitley Gold award, the UK’s most important environmental protection, was presented by the UK Royal Princess Mother to the NorthDoğa Association. [

Kars Governorship, Kars Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry, Kafkas University, and as a result of joint studies that lasted by the NorthDoğa Association, Kuyucuk Lake, which is both the Travel Nature Area (DOG025) visible to be the first Ramsar area in a 350,000 square area, located in the Eastern Black Sea, Eastern Anatolia and Southeast Anatolia regions.

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