Abstract: With the powerful environmental function and ecological benefits as well as abundant resources, lake and wetland resources have been exploited and utilized in large scales.To obtain a large amount of production and subsistence, people have brought some negative impact on lake and wetland ecosystem, for instance, the decrease quantity, the decline in water quality, the retrogression of ecological environment, etc. Lakes and wetlands along the Yangtze River in Anqing region was defined as a provincial nature reserve. The big lakes along the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been generally destroyed and degenerated, but lakes and wetl ands along the Yangtze River in Anqing region have still kept their nature. Some experts are attracted to study these lakes and wetlands. The paper analyzes the resources and functions of the lakes and wetlands in Anqing region, discusses the impact of human activities on them from five aspects. Furthermore, the paper proposes some suggestions and countermeasures as to the protec tion of lake and wetland resources and environment along the Yangtze River in Anqing.

Key words: human activities, lakes and wetlands, impact, Anqing City