GAME RESERVE1 AND GAME WARDENSHIP2, THE GEOGRAPHICAL PHENOMENON OF MAN’S ENVIRONMENTAL CO-EXISTENCE IN ANZALI WET LAND (Case study: Jirsar Bagherkhales Game Reserve)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Nasrollah Molaei Hashjin ¹ , Hassan Dadras ²

1 - دانشیار گروه جغرافیای انسانی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد رشت
2 - دانشجوی دکتری جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی روستایی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات

Received: 2007-02-14 Accepted : 2007-09-16 Published : 2008-02-20

Keywords: Game reserve, wardenship, Anzali wet land, animal breeding, Jirsar Bagher Khaleh,

Abstract :

As regards the geographical conditions of Anzali wet land and its grasslands, which increases in area in warm seasons due to the lagoon’s regression, it becomes capable of feeding animals of the neighboring villages, being far enough from mountainous area, for about 5-6 months specially in Spring and Summer, when the farmers are busy with planting and harvesting in their rice pads. The feeding of animals in natural pastures plays an important role in managing the agricultural and animal feeding activities. With the lagoon’s regression, occurring in springs and summers, the profound and rich plant cover of the region is used until the mid autumn. The stockman farmers hand their animals over to wardens. During the period, the animals are being fed and fit and fat with notorious and tasty grass around the wet land. Preventing the alteration of natural pastures into rice farms and reviving and activating the game reserves and game reserve keeping in the environmental conservation, range management and animal breeding may play an important part as a secondary activity along with the agricultural ones.