Bio-diversity

The project aims to prepare a book for the Tuzla -Palas Lake in Kayser using the archive formed by the TUR-01-13 numbered SGP project, which created a documentary film of the area. The book will be comprised of beautiful pictures of the area together with brief information regarding the functions and values of wetlands. The book will also include a copy of the documentary with subtitles in English. Tuzla Lake, with its wide and diverse ecosystems, hosts a rich biodiversity. Some of the endangered birds listed under the IUCN Realist or the BirdLife International s Species of European Conservation Concern classification, such as the Great Bustard, Kentish Plover, Ruddy Shelduck, Spur-winged Plover and Lesser Kestrel can be seen during the migration season, and some of them even breed in the area. An endemic tulip species, Tulipa armena can be seen in the region s northern hills. The area is also the nesting and breeding are of several mammals Allactaga williamsi, squirrels (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus), fox, wolf, Brown Hare (Lepus capensis). The fact that some of these animals are endangered or threatened increases the areas importance for wild life Lake salt is one of the natural resources used as an income generator by the local people. Being extracted traditionally from May to mid-September, salt is an important ecosystem product. Depending on the place of extraction the salt can be used for animal feed, domestic use and for highways.

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