½ water bird world disappeared

Nearly a quarter of the world's waterfowl have disappeared, largely due to rapid economic development and the impact of climate change, a global survey published on January 23.

The survey - conducted in 100 countries - found that 44% of the 900 species of waterbirds worldwide have declined in numbers in the last 5 years, only 34% of species remain stable and 17% have increased in numbers. . Among bird species, there are birds chirping, stork, shoe stork .

This decline is the worst in Asia, with 62% of waterbirds declining or extinction. Next is Africa: 48%, Oceania: 45%, South America: 42%, Europe: 41% and North America: 37%.

According to Simon Delany, a water bird conservation official from the Netherlands-based Wetlands International, the cause of this decline is due to the disappearance of swamp areas, agricultural development, economic economic destruction of the environment, rising temperatures.

Stork in Suederstapel, northern Germany (Photo: pusula)

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