Kenyan scientists sound alarm over threats to flamingos

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Kenyan scientists sound alarm over threats to flamingos

STORY: Kenyan scientists sound alarm over threats to flamingos DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:35 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY:ECOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): RUTH BARU, Xinhua reporter 2. various of Lake Nakuru National Park 3. various of flamingos 4. SOUNDBTIE 1 (English): CAROLINE MWEBIA, Deputy Warden, Lake Nakuru National Park 5. SOUNDBTIE 2 (English): CAROLINE MWEBIA, Deputy Warden, Lake Nakuru National Park 6. SOUNDBTIE 3 (English): CAROLINE MWEBIA, Deputy Warden, Lake Nakuru National Park STORYLINE: The human and climate induced threats to flamingos which inhabit Kenya's alkaline Rift Valley lakes have mounted, hence diminishing the migratory birds' population, local officials and scientists have said. Caroline Mwebia, the deputy park warden at Lake Nakuru National Park, said that habitat destruction, climatic stresses, pollution and predation have emerged as existential threats to the survival of flamingos. STANDUP (English): RUTH BARU, Xinhua reporter "As the world keeps advanc

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