On Saturday, December 30, the Director General of Environmental Protection of Fars Province introduced that out of 14 wetlands within the province, at the very least 6, together with Parshan and Bakhtegan, are utterly dry.
Ata Pourshirzad said that with the present administration, there’s little hope for the revival of those wetlands. He talked about the degradation of Parshan and Kaftar lakes, in addition to the air pollution affecting Maharlo Lake.
He additionally famous that Kamjan and Arjan wetlands have little moisture, Tashk and Hiram have been drained at restricted ranges, and Haft Barem wetland is minimally watery.
Pourshirzad criticized the Ministry of Energy for not offering the water rights of those wetlands. He talked about the development of three dams upstream of Tashk, Bakhtegan, and Kamjan wetlands, and the negligence of the Ministry of Energy in together with the water rights of the wetlands of their calculations and allocation.
The wetlands of Fars province cowl about 209 thousand hectares, with 5 wetlands registered beneath the Ramsar Convention. The conference is a world settlement for the safety of wetlands and their natural world, at the moment masking 2,412 areas in 171 nations.
This treaty requires member states to designate and protect wetlands of worldwide significance and encourage their sensible use.