Ramsar Sites of Turkey - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

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Past and Present Land Use
The major land use in Lake Burdur and environments has been agricultural activities from
past to present. Though dry farming activities have been main agricultural production
until recently, irrigated farming started to dominate in the region after increasing
underground irrigation. Another dominant land use is meadows. Generally sharp slopes
with shallow soil situated in the north and northeast <strong>of</strong> the lake are used for meadows.
There are also forest and moor lands in the surroundings <strong>of</strong> the lake.
NATURAL RESOURCE USE
Almost 61 percent <strong>of</strong> the working population in Burdur is employed in agriculture,
livestock and forestry sectors and 98.4 percent out <strong>of</strong> them concentrate on agriculture
and livestock production. Vegetative and animal product value rate per capita in Burdur,
where the population is concentrated on agriculture and livestock production, is much
higher than <strong>Turkey</strong> average.
Agriculture
The immediate surroundings <strong>of</strong> Lake Burdur are opened to agriculture. These lands are
irrigated with groundwater. Main crops are cereals, grape, fruit, vegetable, almond, sugar
beet, sesame, opium poppy and cannabis. Rosary production is another agricultural
activity particular to the region within the boundaries <strong>of</strong> Isparta Province. The very
precious rose oil is used in perfume and food industry. Rosaries are widespread in the
north and northeast. There are large poplar groves in many places starting from
northwestern Burdur province. The agricultural lands <strong>of</strong> Burdur are used as vineyard and
orchards to grow arable crops and some parts <strong>of</strong> it are lain fallow.
The fact that drip irrigation has not yet been completely adopted as the irrigation
technique occurs as a serious problem in agriculture. The prevailing irrigation is in
flooding method in agriculture, while only a little part <strong>of</strong> those fruit and vegetable
cultivators adopted drip irrigation. Dams and boreholes drilled individually also lead to
great sum <strong>of</strong> water lose.
Livestock
Small ruminants are grazed in the heights and the coastal plains in the surroundings <strong>of</strong>
Lake Burdur. The surface area <strong>of</strong> pastures and meadows is 96.057 ha and rate is 13.61
percent. These areas are used for livestock production. Cattle population with high meat
and milk production is dominant in the area. Various dairy companies purchase the milk
produced in the villages.
Fishery
Since the lake supports no commercial fish species, there is no fishery activity.
WETLAND MANAGEMENT PLAN
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