Kızılırmak Bird Sanctuary seeks place on UNESCO list
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SAMSUN, TurkeyDec 24, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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Dec 24, 2015 12:00 am
Anatolia's largest avian sanctuary, which is home to 452 different bird species and populated by 150,000 birds during winter, will join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The Samsun Metropolitan Municipality announced that they will submit an application to UNESCO soon. Made up of wetlands, the Kızılırmak Bird Sanctuary lies along one of the main migration routes of birds in Turkey. Wetlands are ecosystems which have the highest biological production rate after tropical forests.
Millions of migratory birds stopover in the Kızılırmak Delta twice a year and hundreds of aquatic birds spend the winter season there. Apart from being the world's most important genetic reservoir, these wetlands are home to 40 percent of all bird species on earth and 12 percent of all animal species. The Kızılırmak Delta . is home to 90 percent of the world's population of endemic bird species and serves as a nest where numerous bird species come to mate.. From a geographical perspective, 1.6 percent of Turkey's terrain is covered by wetlands.
With a total of 200 natural lakes covering 906,000 hectares, 12 of Turkey's natural lakes are under protection in accordance with the International Ramsar Agreement, which stipulates that 56 of the 198 wetlands in Turkey serve as a haven for aquatic birds. Mayor Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz said the area will be better protected upon its inclusion in UNESCO.
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