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![]() ![]() Several recent ‘vision’ statements clearly point in this direction. There is little doubt that, by 2025, the natural character of most of the world’s salt lakes will have changed. Agricultural water consumption in the Aral Sea 2 watershed, for example, has reduced the lake’s surface area by 74% and volume by 90%. ![]() Humans’ increased water use, particularly for agricultural irrigation, is a major contributor to lakes drying up. On closer inspection, environmental factors, namely almost all human activities, such as diversion of surface inflows, salinisation, mining activities, pollution, and climate change, threaten salt lakes. Around the world, we witness that salt lakes are shrinking. Flamingos and other birds live in small Andean salars and lakes in the Middle East and Africa. Other major hypersaline systems, such as the Great Salt Lake, offer various waterfowl habitats that can be exploited for minerals. The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest salt lake, accounting for 41% of all salt lake volume, and is home to a robust fishing, shipping, and mining sector. Overall, any small change in these variables may lead to fundamental changes in the entire system. The results show that reducing pasture area, soil and water salinity, groundwater decline and depletion, and destruction of surrounding agricultural lands play a significant role in environmental change in Urmia Lake. Then, these consequences were classified by driving force and dependency using the MICMAC method. After the three rounds of the Delphi process, the expert panel reached a high level of agreement (100%) on the top 17 environmental consequences. We also used a Delphi-based expert panel method to collect data and extract the environmental impacts of Urmia Lake. A qualitative method, based on cross-impact analysis, was used as a means of future research. ![]() #PLANNING AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FLAMINGO GRILL CONSTRAINTS DRIVERS#In this paper, we use a futuristic view (horizon of 10 years based on medium-term planning) to identify the main environmental drivers in the surrounding settlements of the Urmia Lake basin. This environmental hazard has raised concerns about the consequences and impact on the surrounding communities. Lake Urmia, one of the world’s largest salt lakes, is rapidly losing water and drying up. ![]()
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