TEHRAN Iranian ecologists have proposed developing a special award in acknowledgment of the dedicated Finnish conservationist Ellen Vuosalo, who made terrific efforts for over fifty years in the Caspian Sea province of Mazandaran for protecting migratory birds, especially Siberian cranes.Known as the mother of Siberian cranes, Vuosalos substantial and continuous efforts made her a popular and influential figure in protecting migratory birds in Mazandaran.She was the very first researcher to begin studying cranes in Iran.
She was welcomed to go to numerous scientific conferences to provide her experiences, and her efforts were always been honored and appreciated throughout her life time and continued to be appreciated even after that, IRNA reported.Dedicating more than 5 years of her life to the protection of these cranes was not encouraged by a desire for recognition however by an unrelenting enthusiasm for wildlife.Despite regular sees to her home nation, she always returned to the Fereydun-Kenar wetlands, the final migratory stop for the western population of Siberian Cranes.
She supported the formation of Mazandaran Crane Conservation Association.During all these fifty years, Vuosalo attended the Hariri Scientific Foundation in Babol a number of times each year, teaching and introducing migratory birds and the Siberian crane to trainees and all those interested.In addition to performing numerous research and scientific activities on zoology, migratory birds, biotechnology, biochemistry, nanotechnology, and chemistry, Vuosalo likewise teamed up with several universities in the nation, consisting of the University of Mazandaran.Apart from her scientific activities, she did her finest to inform and persuade hunters, ranchers, and local communities to stop hunting.
Ellens work likewise concentrated on maintaining damgahstraditional wetland-farming systems in Iran.These locations, crucial for migratory birds, were also a source of livelihood for regional communities.
She thought that these systems, if managed sustainably, could secure the cranes while supporting local people.She taught us that preservation is as much about resilience and gaining from failure as it has to do with success.
Her lifes work challenges future conservationists to adapt, innovate, and address the deeper systemic concerns that threaten biodiversity.
In honoring Ellens memory, we likewise honor the lessons she left behinda call to persist, even when the odds appear insurmountable.She passed away at the age of 95 in Royan, Mazandaran province, just as the termination of the types in Iran was confirmed.
Her life advises us that love and determination, while vital, are not sufficient in conservation.
The interaction of unforeseeable and uncontrollable variablesfrom environment modification to species-specific behaviorsdemands adaptive methods and systemic approaches.MT/ MG