SECRETARY BIRD

SECRETARY BIRD

Secretary-bird (Sagittarius serpentarius). Secretary-bird; syn Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius). Sagittarius serpentarius J. F. Miller, 1779 Photo: Magnus Martinsson / TT / 2734

Lake Urmia Going Dry After 12,000 Years - Iran

Lake Urmia Going Dry After 12,000 Years - Iran

View of the park in a Urmia city. Florida statue is visible in front of the enterance refers to the place Urmia which is famous by its flamingo birds. The 2023-2024 water year, which started on October 1, was hardly four weeks old when Iran’s Lake Urmia, once the Middle East’s largest lake and the sixth-largest saltwater lake on Earth, was reported to have gone dry. Studies show such an occurrence had not happened in 12,000 years. On October 9, as secretary of the Headquarters to Revive Lake Urmia, Mohammad Sadegh Motamediyan, governor of West Azerbaijan province, where part of the late sits, went on the Tehran TV network to claim that the lake still contained a certain volume of water. But satellite images and aerial footage later captured at the lake, on October 16, belie those claims. Urmia, Iran, November 4, 2023. Photo by Hamid/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cambodia records stable population of rare vultures at 131: official

STORY: Cambodia records stable population of rare vultures at 131: official DATELINE: June 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of rare vultures in Stung Treng province STORYLINE: The population of critically endangered vultures in Cambodia is stable with 131 birds recorded in a census last week, Neth Pheaktra, secretary of state at the Ministry of Environment, said on Wednesday. "According to the results of a vulture census on June 9, a total of 131 vultures were recorded in Cambodia," he said in a news release. "This number is similar to the census results in June 2022, with 134 vultures recorded." The Southeast Asian country is home to three vulture species, namely red-headed, white-rumped, and slender-billed vultures, all of which are included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as critically endangered. Pheaktra said the census last week registered 12 red-headed, 77 white-rumped, and 42 slender-billed vultures.

Feel charm of China's 1st national wetland park on World Wetlands Day

STORY: Feel charm of China's 1st national wetland park on World Wetlands Day DATELINE: Feb. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHENG MENGYU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of Xixi wetlands 3. SOUNDBITE (English): MUSONDA MUMBA, Secretary-general of Ramsar Convention STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHENG MENGYU, Xinhua correspondent "On Feb. 2, the 27th World Wetlands Day (celebration) in China with the theme of 'Wetland Restoration' was held in Xixi National Wetland Park, Hangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province. Xixi wetland is the first national wetland park in China. In recent years, more than 800 species of animals and plants have increased here, making it a paradise for birds, fish, insects and vegetation." Xixi National Wetland Park opened in 2005. It is located in Hangzhou's northwestern suburb and occupies about 10 square kilometers with rare and endangered aquatic animals and plants. In 2009, it was listed as a Wetland of