Tehran -satellite images have increased from 1,270.05 meters to 1,270.13 meters, and the amount of lakes has increased by 0.19 billion meters, reaching 1,240 million cubic meters. Is shown. Same day last year.
Lake Urmia in the northwestern part of Azalbaijan began to be depleted in the 2000s. The lake is the largest Salt Lake in West Asia, the largest Salt in the world, with a water surface area of 5,000 to 6,000 square kilometers.
The satellite images released by the Iranian Ministry of Energy were 770 km2 in the lake area of 1402 (March 2023- March 2024), the current year of Iran (started on March 19, 2024). It indicates that it has increased to km2 and has increased by 160 km2. 。
These changes indicate that the lake is better than last year, thanks to the successful efforts to recover the lake.
Experts have reported that the amount of water in Lake Urmia will reach more than 5 billion meters cubic meters and will be ecologically stable.
Japanese Fund FAO project
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) leads the UN Food Agricultural Organization (FAO) to promote sustainable agricultural practices and solutions for lake conservation through joint projects provided by the Japanese government. I am. URMIA.
On December 1, 2024, the Japanese government and UNDP, “I signed a memo to start a project to develop a maintenance system for wetlands in Lake Urmia and other wetlands.
The community around them. This project, which will be conducted between 2024 and 2028, will be implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment and FAO.
Focusing on sustainable agriculture and climate’s livelihood, this initiative aims to bring long -term interests to the local community while preserving the biodiversity of wetlands as an important ecosystem.
Lake Urmia faced major issues due to excess consumption of water resources expanded due to climate change, and has a serious influence on its ecosystem.
Agricultural activities in this area are becoming more and more vulnerable to water deficiency, which is worsening due to the effects of climate change. Studies have shown that these climate change can further confuse the vulnerable environment of the agrifude system and lake in the future.
With the support of the Japanese government, FAO has identified technical agricultural solutions to increase the water efficiency of the Urmia Lake basin.
Since 1995, Lake Urmia has been shrinking due to rapid expansion of agriculture and climate change. These units are in danger of depleting valuable lakes and are at risk of local health, economic, environment, industry, and agriculture.
Despite the focus of the Urmia Lake Restoration Program National Committee and the recovery of the lake since 2013, the continuation of important situations is a sustainability, macro, and micro management solution. It indicates that it should be considered the essence.
In 2016, FAO has launched an integrated program for sustainable water resource management in Lake Urmia, with coordinating efforts to deal with the issues facing the Urmia basin. This was funded by the Japanese government.
The main technical results of this initiative include the implementation of the water area and projects in the Urmia Lake basin and the identification of hot spots in the basin. In particular, water accounting has revealed the importance of water saving measures against lake recovery, clarifying the irrigation of lakes and agriculture in rainy agriculture.
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