In an open session of parliament on Sunday, lawmakers gave their seal of approval to four articles of the bill on protecting the soil whose general principles had earlier been endorsed in late June.
Consent was granted to Article 3 of the legislation in which any utilization of soil must comply with technical criteria of sustainable soil exploitation.
Besides, all mining operations must follow the 1998 law and its subsequent amendments regarding environmental protection, ISNA reported.
August 20, 2018 17:12
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Soil Protection Legislation Advances in Iran Parliament
Parliamentarians debated and passed seven articles of the Soil Protection Bill on Sunday and Monday and referred another item to a specialized commission for further review
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