Wildlife reserves, management plans and planning efforts in Turkey
2012
Beşkardeş, Vedat (Istanbul University, Istanbul (Turkey). Game and Wildlife Program, Vocational School of Forestry) | Arslangündoğdu, Zeynel (Istanbul University, Istanbul (Turkey). Game and Wildlife Program, Vocational School of Forestry) | Hizal, Erdem (Istanbul University, Istanbul (Turkey). Game and Wildlife Program, Vocational School of Forestry) | Keten, Akif (Istanbul University, Istanbul (Turkey). Game and Wildlife Program, Vocational School of Forestry) | Yöntem, Osman (Istanbul University, Istanbul (Turkey). Game and Wildlife Program, Vocational School of Forestry)
Protected areas are least affected by humans and provide protection to the wildlife the most. Allocation of some areas for preservation of natural values is a common practice, which dates back almost to the beginning of the history of humanity. Wildlife reserves are one of the efficient instruments of protecting natural areas. According to the Turkish 4915 numbered Law of Land Hunting “Wildlife reserves are the areas in which game, wild animals and wildlife are protected and improved and also are introduced to there and habitat improvements practices are taken and when it is necessary hunting is released with the framework of special hunting plan." In Turkey, there are 80 wildlife reserves, covered 1.201.212 ha. 56 of these wildlife reserves were declared on 07.09 2005 and 23 of these were declared as wildlife reserves on 16.08.2006 with Cabinet Degree. The last one is Birecik - Firat Wildlife reserve established on 04.06.2011 for bald ibis. The general purpose of declaring as these wildlife reserves are for protecting of Red deer, Fallow deer, Roe deer, Gazelle, Chamois, Wild goat, Wild sheep, Grouse, Pheasant, Great bustard, Hyena, Bear, Waterfowls and Bald ibis in Turkey. Although it is seemed to protect one species in wildlife reserves, wildlife management and improvement plans are prepared to manage considering whole ecosystems, resource values of protected area such as biodiversity and the beauty of landscape etc, which take into account administration, social, economic and technical dimensions. Despite 80 wildlife reserves were declared to establish in 2005 and 2006 and 2011, 50 of their management plans have not finished yet. Wildlife management and improvement plans are tried to complete for future in six years in Turkey.
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