News and Information 
Compiled by Simon Albrecht 
The aim of this section is to inform readers about events in the OSME region. It is not 
intended as a definitive report or write up of the projects concerned. Many of the projects 
are sponsored; such support is appreciated, hut is not generally given acknowledgment 
here. 
Turkey 
Manyas Golu - proposed extension of Kus 
Cenneti reserve 
DHKD (The Society for the Protection 
of Nature) has been lobbying the 
Turkish Government to get this famous 
bird reserve extended to the whole of 
Manyas Lake. 
Sultan Marshes - still threatened by 
drainage 
In spite of the publicity OSME and 
others have given to this important 
wetland, it remains threatened by 
excessive use of its waters by the state 
water authority. DHKD has been 
lobbying for a management plan to be 
implemented to protect the wetland 
and its valuable wildlife. 
Menderes Delta - an Integrated 
Management Plan 
Last spring, we reported the 
establishment of an Integrated 
Management Plan for the Goksu Delta. 
This has been running successfully, 
and a project officer has now been 
appointed to establish a similar plan 
for the Menderes Delta. We hope to be 
able to report further on these projects 
in due course. 
Burdur Golu workshop 
DHKD's initiative to organise a 
workshop last December on the 
protection of Burdur Golu, where 70% 
of the world's population of White- 
headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala 
overwinter, was extremely successful. 
The participants at the workshop, 
which was well covered by the Turkish 
media, represented a wide range of 
local, national and international 
interest groups. A major achievement 
was the final declaration which was 
unanimously adopted by all the 
participants. 
The recommendations of the final 
declaration included: 
• Burdur Golu be included as a priority 
site in the list of Wetlands of 
International Importance onceTurkey 
has joined the Ramsar Convention. 
• Burdur Golu be included in the 
national protected area system. 
• Environmental Impact Assessments 
of the threats to the lake, together with 
management plans for the removal of 
the threats be prepared in collaboration 
with international organisations. 
• Sources of pollution be removed in 
collaboration with all relevant parties. 
• Funds be immediately sought for 
installing a proper sewage treatment 
system for Burdur city's sewage. 
• The current afforestation and soil 
erosion control programme be 
accelerated. 
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