Climate change effects
in Turkey jeopardize
local bird populations.
According to Professor
İlhami Kiziroğlu
of Hacettepe University
in Ankara, Turkey,
the total bird count
in the nation
has fallen by 50%
in just the past two decades,
with some species
having lost up to 75%
of their populations.
As the country's
wetlands and lakes
continue to dry up,
Professor Kiziroğlu, who
heads the university's
Environmental Education
and Bird Research Center,
warns that another
70% of the remaining
avian species are also
heading toward extinction.
With Turkey being an
important nesting ground
and winter destination
for birds,
Professor Kiziroğlu
cautioned that of the 435
different avian species
currently found in Turkey,
more than 100
may become extinct.
Some have already
disappeared, including
the Oriental Darter,
which had nested
around Lake Amik until
it dried up in the 1960s,
and the Bald Ibis, which
has ceased to reproduce
naturally in Turkey.
Also severely threatened
is the White-headed duck,
listed as
an endangered species on
the International Union
for Conservation
of Nature's (IUCN)
Red List of
Threatened Species.
Professor Kiziroğlu
has thus urged
Turkish officials toward
preventive measures such
as halting the draining
of important wetlands.
With our thanks
to Professor Kiziroğlu
for your research
calling attention
to this sad predicament
being endured
by our avian friends.
Let us do our utmost
to protect the endangered
birds and all animals
through our more
sustainable lifestyles
in cooperation
with one another.
During an April 2009
videoconference
in South Korea,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
spoke with concern
for the future of our
animal inhabitants as she
reminded of humanity's
responsibility to care for
the environment we share
with all fellow beings.
Supreme Master Ching Hai : We should all remember
that we share
this planetary abode,
the water, the air,
the resources, the food,
all of nature, we share only.
We should not be
possessive of nature.
So, the best thing
we can do for
all the animals is to
stop causing suffering
to them, stop killing them,
stop eating them, stop
damaging all our habitats.
Stop damaging
our environment.
Be Veg,
Go Green
and save their planet too,
the planet of the animals.
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