In Iran, a race to save a great lake from disappearing due to drought, damming and development
The Washington Post / The Washington Post/Associated Press
25-May-2011 (one comment)


OROUMIEH LAKE, Iran — From a hillside, Kamal Saadat looked forlornly at hundreds of potential customers, knowing he could not take them for trips in his boat to enjoy a spring weekend on picturesque Oroumieh Lake, the third largest saltwater lake on earth.

“Look, the boat is stuck... It cannot move anymore,” said Saadat, gesturing to where it lay encased by solidifying salt and lamenting that he could not understand why the lake was fading away.

 The long popular lake, home to migrating flamingos, pelicans and gulls, has shrunken by 60 percent and could disappear entirely in just a few years, experts say — drained by drought, misguided irrigation policies, development and the damming of rivers that feed it.

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Simorgh5555

Less than 40% of Lake Oroumieh is now left

by Simorgh5555 on Wed May 25, 2011 12:29 PM PDT

A regime which kills 8 human being per hour

 

  • Persepolis may vanish in 10 years because of neglect and the building of the Sivand Dam. 
  • The Bas Reiefs of Naqse Rostam are being ruined because the Government does not want to spend money removing weeds and lichens
  • Control of the Caspian Sean has been handed over to the Russians 
  • Deforrestation of Kurdistan and precious lanscape because of mass development 
  • High rise buildings being built on the Alborz mountains destroying the serenity and majesty of the ancient mountains
Ahmadinejad's solution: More population growth. More money to maintain and preserve Islamic shrines in Najaf and Karabala. More more money on mosques and religious ceremonies in Qom. More money given to Lebanon and Gaza.
 
Please strike out at the Islamic Republic. For the sake of ecology!  

 



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