article_snippet: a team of scientists targeted some of the few remaining patches of wild grassland left along Myanmar's mighty Irrawaddy river, now one of the most heavily cultivated and densely populated regions of the impoverished but emerging southeast Asian nation.
article_snippet: Future work is needed to identify remaining pockets of natural grassland and develop systems for local communities to conserve and benefit from remaining pockets of natural grassland,' Colin Poole, director of Wildlife Conservation Society's regional hub in Singapore added.
article_snippet: Rheindt said the area of grassland where the bird was found was very small, 'around 50-80 hectares' and that new chicken and fish farms were being built nearby.