Marsh dwellers declare protected areas for fish and birds

Marsh dwellers declare protected areas for fish and birds


 Dhi Qar / Hussein factor

Revealed Fishermen Association in Hor Alsnav Dhi Qar province, an agreement with the local population to identify the "protected areas" in the marshes vine Bani Said, south of Nasiriyah, the provincial capital , which prohibits poaching of fish, while warning of the disappearance of an important species of fish and birds in the pan the southern marshes.
The President of the Fishermen Association in Hor Alsnav Dhi Qar province, Naji Rahim Abu damage Saidi, in an interview with the (range), " The fishermen 's association in the marsh , which includes more than 1,500 fisherman metaphor areas worked to conclude a local agreement with a number of fishermen and local people and tribes the prohibition of poaching fish in the marshes vine Bani said , south of Nasiriyah , "noting that" the agreement was implemented several months ago in the marshes and the Aldizquih Horh Bani said sand , which includes families of the children happy and Jawabr and Albu Khalifa. "
He Saidi, his desire that "expanding the agreement to include other areas in the marshes , " calling on the ministries of agriculture and the environment to "support the fishermen who do not use poaching methods of fishing by equipping them with nets of fishing boats even have that support a catalyst for other fishermen to abandon fishing methods unjust of electrocution and the use of poisons, especially poisonous mustard gas. "
Saidi pointed out that " the fishermen 's association has within its programs increase awareness of the dangers of overfishing bring in an advisory opinion from the religious authority in Najaf deny poaching toxins and electrocution , " adding , "but unfortunately, some fishermen did not abide by the content of the fatwa , " pointing at the same time that " the phenomenon of fishing unjust and especially fish are still scattered widely in a number of other areas of the marsh without seeing any government action effectively in this area , despite the many barred our claims
and reduce it. "
The chairman of the fishermen 's association, expressed "great damage to fisheries in the marsh areas have led to a decline in their numbers and the disappearance of an important species of fish Kalqtan brown and carp as a result of overfishing which uses toxins and electrocution , " stressing " the extermination of a lot of migratory birds, particularly birds Algrnok (flamenco) and chicken and water Khudairy and other rare birds. "
And on the water return to areas of the marsh, The head of the fishermen 's association in Hor Alsnav, he said that "the water did not contribute to the return of the numbers of fish to the previous level , which requires providing the marsh areas with more fingerlings known fish in the marsh areas, particularly carp, brown Alktan."
He called on Prime Hunters Association, local and central governments to "activate their role in reducing poaching of fish and birds that used poisons and electrocution and mustard gas toxic , " noting that "overfishing is not commensurate with the accession of the marshes of the World Heritage list the fact that one of the conditions of accession is to maintain diversity bio and bio in those areas , "warning at the same time that" overfishing caused the withdrawal of the marshes file from the World Heritage list and Cancel included in the mentioned file ". Dozens in Dhi Qar province, in the 29th of December 2016, in protest against the poaching phenomenon witnessed in the marsh areas, and with the concerned authorities accused of negligence in the application of environmental and agricultural laws, called for the prevention of overfishing, especially bird hunting flamenco.
It is said that the Ministry of Water Resources, confirmed in the December 2016 26, The hunting birds flamenco migratory violation of international obligations of Iraq, and with the local authorities called in the provinces of Basra , Dhi Qar, Maysan to denounce this practice and to take measures aimed at preventing recurrence, called for the necessity to participate awareness campaign and take responsibility to preserve biodiversity.
Article II of wildlife Protection Law No. (17) of 2010 (longer wild animals is a national treasure and the citizens and official bodies protect and avoid harm her or abuse her and may not be caught , but for the purposes of scientific experiments after obtaining the approvals in accordance with the provisions of this
Act).
The United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), agreed Sunday (17th of July present in 2016), the inclusion of marsh and archaeological areas where, to the World Heritage list after all members vote to approve.
Under UNESCO 's decision, the marshes and the archaeological sites that have been included on the World Heritage List are the Ur and Eridu and Hammar and Hovaiza Central and marshes in Dhi Qar, Maysan, the Warka in Al Muthanna, and Hur eastern ass in Basra.
The Agriculture Department of Dhi Qar, announced on Saturday (February 18, 2017), the formation of 18 committees to prevent fishing in the breeding season, and while the confirmed approached the concerned authorities to implement the ban , which is valid from February 15 and will last for two months a decision, called on fishermen security agencies and Local Government Association and judicial institutions, to tighten procedures on the poachers.
The marsh fifth province of Dhi Qar area, position the city of Nasiriyah, (375 km south of Baghdad), and are distributed on ten administrative units out of 20 annexed the province, with an estimated marshes of Nasiriyah area before drying the early nineties of the last century, one million and 48 thousand acres, while the area , which was flooded with water after 2003 , about 50 percent of the total area of the marshes of
Nasiriyah.
And facing the marshes of the south a number of problems , most notably the fluctuating water levels and lack of basis services as well as the weakness of attention to livestock in those areas , which is famous for raising buffalo, fishing and birds, and are often exposed herds of buffalo to epidemics and diseases that lead to the deaths of a large number of which leads to losses great for educators.


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