
Dün Hollandalı blog arkadaşım Gwendolen'den 20 Mart 2010 tarihinin "Dünya Serçe Günü" olarak kutlandığını öğrendim. Dünya çapında böyle bir etkinlik düzenlenmesinin nedeni, şehirlerde yaşayan serçe nüfusunun birçok ülkede çarpıcı biçimde azalmış olmasıymış. Dünya Serçe Günü'nün amacı, etrafımızda her zaman görmeye alışık olduğumuz ve en sıradan kuş olarak niteleyeceğimiz serçenin bile artık tehlike altındaki türler kategorisine girdiğini duyurmak, yaşam tarzımızın doğaya ve -farkında değiliz ama- kendi sağlığımıza ne kadar zarar verdiğine dikkat çekmek ve biyoçeşitliliğin önemini bir kez daha vurgulamakmış. Türkiye'de bu konuda yapılmış bilimsel araştırmalar var mı bilmiyorum ama İstanbul gibi vahşi şehirleşmenin kurbanı olmuş bir kentte serçe nüfusunun bu durumdan olumsuz etkilenmediğini düşünmek pek mümkün değil.
Yesterday I learned from our Dutch blogging friend Gwendolen that March 20, 2010 was celebrated as "World House Sparrow Day". The reason for organizing such a worldwide activity is the dramatic decrease in the urban House Sparrow population in many countries. The purpose of World House Sparrow Day is to announce that even the House Sparrow that we are used to see always around us and that we would qualify as the most common bird is now in the category of the endangered species. They draw our attention to the fact that our lifestyle harms the nature and -although we are not aware of- also our health. They emphasize once again the importance of biodiversity. I do not know if scientific researches have been made in Turkey on the decrease of the House Sparrow population but it is not possible to think that the wild urbanization in Istanbul would not have a negative impact on these birds.
Yesterday I learned from our Dutch blogging friend Gwendolen that March 20, 2010 was celebrated as "World House Sparrow Day". The reason for organizing such a worldwide activity is the dramatic decrease in the urban House Sparrow population in many countries. The purpose of World House Sparrow Day is to announce that even the House Sparrow that we are used to see always around us and that we would qualify as the most common bird is now in the category of the endangered species. They draw our attention to the fact that our lifestyle harms the nature and -although we are not aware of- also our health. They emphasize once again the importance of biodiversity. I do not know if scientific researches have been made in Turkey on the decrease of the House Sparrow population but it is not possible to think that the wild urbanization in Istanbul would not have a negative impact on these birds.
Wow - so neat to see a familiar bird (from my home here in the US) is also in Turkey! I love seeing the birds from around the world!
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