Ramsar Sites of Turkey - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

<strong>Ramsar</strong> <strong>Convention</strong> and <strong>Turkey</strong>
<strong>of</strong> wetlands, <strong>Ramsar</strong> <strong>Convention</strong> in short (The <strong>Convention</strong> on Wetlands <strong>of</strong>
International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat) has included <strong>Turkey</strong> in
1994. The convention came into force with the Ministry vertict 94/5434 and the
decision was declared on 05.17.1994 with the <strong>of</strong>ficial journal number 21937.
Wetland;; natural or man-made, permament or temporary, continuous or
seasonal, ditch or running, fresh, brackish or salt water, at a maximum <strong>of</strong> 6m
during low tide, mattering as habitats to especially aquatic birds and other life, all
waters, swamps, marshes and peat moor and all areas ecologically swept by water
from their coastline inwards.
Under the <strong>Ramsar</strong> <strong>Convention</strong>, 13 sites in <strong>Turkey</strong> have been listed as
Samsun, Uluabat Lake in Burs
Konya in 2006;; Kuyucuk Lake in Kars in 2009;; adding up to a total <strong>of</strong> 179.898
hectares. (Table 1)
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