Mehdi Mohebi Pour
Location:
Miankaleh lagoon, Iran
Period:
October 2021 – September 2023
Category:
Environment
Status:
Nominee
The Miankaleh Wetland located in the north of Iran has hosted birds and animals for many years. Today it is in danger of destruction due to lack of attention and proper management. Water shortage and drought on the one hand. On the one hand..unauthorised hunting and hunting..and intentional fires on the one hand..planting and harvesting drugs on the other hand..the area above the wetland and the lack of sufficient forces and facilities to preserve and protect this national capital, all And that’s all the problems there are.
Flamingos come together to protect each other when they feel threatened
Every year in the fall season tens of thousands of migratory birds visit the lagoon
Dozens of illegal hunters attack the wetland during the migration season and the efforts of environmental forces have not been enough
In order to disrupt the concentration of environmental forces hunters set fire to some corners of the wetland so that they can easily hunt in another corner
In the absence of environmental factors hunting continues until the last cartridge and bird
Birds flee from one corner to another for fear of being hunted
The efforts of the government and rescue forces to extinguish the fire continue and this story continues throughout the year
Climate change and global warming have affected the body of the wetland and finished the work and more than 70 of the area of the wetland has dried up
Fishermen’s boats have run aground due to drought
Fishermen who used to catch sturgeon and local fish from this place are now unemployed and have to demolish their buildings one by one
There is no more news of flocks of birds nor the glory of the lagoon It is painful to review the memories and it is scary to imagine what happened to the lagoon in a short period of time
Considering the lowering of the Caspian Sea and climate change there is no hope for the future and a miracle is needed to bring the Miankaleh wetland back to life
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