Integrated Watershed Management to Save the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Lake Urmia, Iran
Lake Urmia is a hypersaline lake in northwest Iran. Due to its unique aquatic ecosystem it has been designated as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO and a National Park under the 1971 Ramsar Convention. The biodiversity of the lake is determined by its salinity and Artemia urmiana is the dominant invertebrate and also the key element of the lake’s food chain. The lake is relatively shallow and satellit
