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2018-07-14 09:34
By Farnaz Heidari
White-headed ducks victims of steep decline
White-headed duck has endured high levels of habitat loss in Iran. Long-term population declines have intensified as a result of wetlands' changes and also droughts. Iran's dying wetlands were once breeding habitats of white-headed ducks and now are vulnerable to drainage, pollution, and other disturbances.
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2018-07-08 11:21
By Farnaz Heidari
What choices do we have for saving Asiatic cheetahs?
There are recent reports on the successful cheetah translocations from South Africa to Liwonde National Park in Malawi led by African Parks.
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2018-07-08 11:15
By Farnaz Heidari
Threat poachers are posing to leopards
Poaching is a controversial term and the issue remains complicated. Scientists, environmentalists and most of animal lovers are concerned with poaching effects on different wildlife populations. But in a country such as Iran, the big challenge of conservation is linked with reliable data especially in the case of poaching.
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2018-06-02 12:31
Penned by Farnaz Heidari
A legacy of agricultural poisons
The potentially lethal impact of DDT on wildlife and especially birds of prey was first noted in the late 1950s. And now we know, spraying to control pests can head to poisoning of the environment and living creatures just like humans.
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2018/05/11
By Farnaz Heidari
Put a price on endangered species
One of the world's rarest birds of prey, the Spanish Imperial Eagle, was thought to be in recovery in the early 1980s but numbers have declined and now the species is qualified as Vulnerable (VU) necessitating comprehensive management plans.
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2018-04-27 09:55
by Farnaz Heidari
Detailed action plan prerequisite for conservation of lynxes in Iran
Lynx is the animal that conservationists have distinguished as an indication of an intact environment. Now, some groups of dedicated conservationists are working to save the wild populations in natural ecosystems.
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2018/04/15
By Farnaz Heidari
Back on the wolves' challenge
Wolves are major predators and their main prey consists of wild sheep, gazelle and small vertebrates. When hungry they will also feed on lizards, vegetables, fruit, and even domestic livestock.
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2018-01-27 09:59
By Farnaz Heidari
Dimming the light of sharks' life
Sharks are hunters par excellence. They frequent a wide range of habitats. Most of sharks are magnificently designed. Multiple rows of replaceable triangular teeth, and also a battery of receptors that almost defy human comprehension, considered as the best tools for a precedent apex predator.
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2018-01-24 10:15
By Farnaz Heidari
Vague, imprecise ecosystem, wildlife management approaches in Iran
In the early 1800s, bird expert Alexander Wilson watched a single migrating flock of passenger pigeons darken the sky for over 4 hours. He estimated that this flock was more than 2 billion birds strong, some 386 kilometers long, and 1.6 kilometers wide.
