Ramsar Sites of Turkey - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

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Land Tenure / Proprietorship The area within the <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site boundaries are public property, there are no private property lands. There are private property agriculture lands and public property steppe areas outside the site boundaries. Conservation Statuses Meke Crater Lake Natural Monument was designated as a Natural Site <strong>of</strong> 1 st Degree in 1989 and a 260-hectare part <strong>of</strong> it was designated as a natural monument in1998. Opening new wells in the region was banned in 2003. The site was designated as a <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site in 2005. Meke Maar <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site meets 3 out <strong>of</strong> 9 criteria for identifying wetlands <strong>of</strong> international importance. These are;; RAMSAR CRITERIA DESCRIPTION MEKE MAAR Criteria 1 Criteria 2 Criteria 3 The site is a rare wetland area. The site supports species listed in International Union for Conservation <strong>of</strong> Nature (IUCN) red list categories as well as species protected under Bern <strong>Convention</strong> and European Union Habitats Directive. The site sustains biological diversity. It also supports numerous endemic plant species. Though Anatolian lands are rich with crater lakes, this one with its acidic lake in the caldera is a rare wetland. Allium sieheanum, Astragalus cicerellus, Gladiolus halophilus, Lepidium caespitosum, Limonium lilacinum, Sphaerophysa kotschyana, Verbascum pyroliforme are the threatened endemic plant species. Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), great bustard (Otis tarda), little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) are the bird species protected under Birds Directive. Allium sieheanum, Astragalus cicerellus, Gladiolus halophilus, Lepidium caespitosum, Limonium lilacinum, Sphaerophysa kotschyana, Verbascum pyroliforme are the threatened endemic plant species. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE Since it is a <strong>Ramsar</strong> Site, it is under competency <strong>of</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong> Environment and Forestry, Provincial Konya Directorate <strong>of</strong> Environment and Forestry as well as under competency <strong>of</strong> Provincial Konya Directorate <strong>of</strong> Culture and Tourism for being a Natural Site. 97
HYDROLOGICAL ASPECTS Total ann during winters throughout the province. Rainfall during April-May-June that bears great significance for vegetation growth, ratio to average provincial total rainfall is 27.3 percent. The mean humidity <strong>of</strong> districts, where meteorological data is collected from, is ature exceeds the mean temperature is 198.4. There are around 10 wells spread in 10 km2 around the maar. The lake is very shallow with high rate <strong>of</strong> salinity (32%). GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS Maar is 1.2m at most. Its surface area is 0.5 km2. Since the maar was formed as a result <strong>of</strong> volcanic activities, its acidic water contains magnesium and sodium sulfate, due to why the site supports little biodiversity. BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS Steppe vegetation dominates the immediates <strong>of</strong> the lake situated in the centre <strong>of</strong> the salt steppes <strong>of</strong> central Anatolia. WILDLIFE Flora Arid and dry plant cover adopted steppes dominate the site. In the soils <strong>of</strong> fine sands, generally The soils <strong>of</strong> fine sands generally support deep rooted, thorny, shrub, perennial and drought-resistant plant species growing spontaneously such as milk-vetch (Astragalus sp.), speedwell (Veronica sp.), sage (Salvia sp.), starthistles (Centaurea sp.), couch grass (Elytrigia sp.), wood hedgehog (Hydnum repandum). Amphibians and Reptiles Since volcanic ashes absorb the light, the lake and its immediates are warmer that the rest <strong>of</strong> the area with a micro-climate affect. So the site supports reptile species occurring in warmer areas such as horn-scaled agama (Trapelus ruderata), star lizard (Laudakia stellio) and snake-eyed lizard (Mabuya aurata). The site also supports spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca). Birds Though there are not many species ornithologically;; bird species such as grayleg goose (Anser anser), ruddy shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea), common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), long-legged buzzard (Buteo 98
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