KIYISAL SULAK ALANLAR KORUMA YASASI: APALACHICOLA-CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT (ACF) NEHRİ ÖRNEĞİ

Year 2007, Volume: 9 Issue: 11, 34 - 44, 01.03.2007

Latif Gürkan Kaya

Abstract

Kıyısal sulak alanlar, halka ait alanlardır, gel-gittin olduğu kıyısal sistemlerin ve halicin önemli bir parçasıdır.

Kıyısal sulak alanların su seviyesi, olağan gel-git seviyesinden düşüktür.

Kıyısal sulak alanlar doğal kaynak sistemleri için oldukça önemlidir. Bu alanların kaynak sistemi, imkansız

olmadığı sürece, bir insan tarafından elverişsiz şekilde etkilenirse yeniden oluşturulabilir ya da iyileştirilebilir.

ABD’de, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) nehir eyaletleri (örneğin Georgia, Alabama ve Florida) sulak

alan programlarının yapı ve fonksiyonlarında ACF nehir havzalarının sulak alanlarını etkileyen çeşitlilikler

bulunmaktadır. Bazı eyaletlerin özel sulak alanlar programı bulunmamasına rağmen, bu alanlar için izin ve su

kalitesi sertifikaları bulunmaktadır. Bazı eyalet programları, yerel yönetimler diğer programları uygularken,

eyalet kuruluşlarını etkiler.

Keywords

Kıyısal sulak alan, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) nehri, Sulak Alan Koruma Yasası

COASTAL WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT: CASE OF APALACHICOLA-CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT (ACF) RIVER

Abstract

Coastal wetlands, being important components of estuarine and coastal systems, stand for all publicly owned

lands subject to the ebb and flow of the tide. They are below the watermark of ordinary high tide.

The coastal wetlands contain a vital natural resource system. The coastal wetlands resource system, unless

impossible, to reconstruct or rehabilitate once adversely affected by human.

In the USA, the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river states (i.e. Georgia, Alabama and Florida) have

variation in the structure and the function of their wetland program affecting the ACF river basins' wetlands.

Although some states have no special wetlands program, they have permits and water quality certification for

these areas. Some state programs affect state agencies while local government implements other programs.

Keywords

Coastal wetland, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river, Wetland Protection Act

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