Environment
Iran environment news, Read the latest environment news on Iran, including news on wetlands, wildlife, pollution, urbanization and sea life.
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May 14,2018A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Department of Environment and the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute in a recent meeting to ensure protection for endangered species of... -
May 14,2018The growing cases of violent onslaughts on the habitats of bats in search of their nests are posing a grave threat to the species living in Iran. Tahereh Eftekhari, deputy for Natural History and...
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May 14,2018Over 60 people have died in fierce dust storms across four Indian states since Sunday...
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May 07,2018Australia unveiled on Monday a $34 million plan to help bring its koala population back from...
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May 07,2018The eighth conference on UNESCO's consideration of the world heritage status of ancient Hyrcanian forests in northern Iran is slated to end today in Golestan Province. "The two-day meeting is held...
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May 07,2018Environmental activists in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai claimed victory after the...
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May 07,2018The central plateau catchment area, the vastest among the six primary drainage basins inside Iran, is hopelessly struggling in a battle against drought these days. This is not a new challenge, as...
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May 07,2018Bank Sepah has pledged to allocate some $37 million from the resources of the National Development Fund of Iran under its authority to environmental schemes in the form of low-interest loans. ...
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May 07,2018The bill on legal support for park rangers drafted by the Department of Environment in July 2016 was approved by the Majlis Judicial and Legal Commission in a Sunday session. According to the bill...
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May 02,2018A powerful storm system bringing high winds, hail and thunderstorms pounded several central US...
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May 02,2018The Azerbaijan Newt which has been listed among species in danger of extinction was spotted and documented in northwestern Iran for the first time, an environmental official said. Majid...
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May 02,2018The recent favorable springtime precipitation prevailing in most areas of the country will persist until late May, the head of Monitoring Network at Iran Meteorological Organization said. Experts...
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May 02,2018United Nations agencies in Somalia have stepped up their response in the wake of devastating flash...
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May 02,2018The document on the fifth phase of the international project on Urmia Lake’s restoration was signed on Monday by officials with Iran’s Department of Environment and the office of the United Nations...
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May 02,2018A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province southwest of Iran on Wednesday morning, injuring more than fifty people. It occurred at 8:38 a.m. local time and its epicenter...
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April 30,2018Land subsidence in Iran is way too close to a perilous point to be compared to the global standard set by international land subsidence associations, a senior environment official at the Department...
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April 30,2018Governments are meeting for the next round of UN climate change negotiations from April 30 to May...
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April 30,2018The national day of the Persian Gulf was observed in Iran on Monday to highlight the significance of one of the world's key water body. Given the strategic importance of the Persian Gulf for Iran...
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April 30,2018A three-day international conference of UNESCO Global Geoparks came to a close in Qeshm...
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April 30,2018Australia on Sunday pledged half a billion dollars to restore and protect the Great Barrier Reef in what it said would be a game-changer for the embattled natural wonder, but conservationists were...
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April 25,2018The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule on Tuesday that would limit the kinds of...
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April 25,2018Natural and human-caused factors have put the ecosystem in Iran's southern waters of the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman under environmental pressure, said a senior official at the Department of...
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April 25,2018Self-sufficiency in such industries as foodstuff production employing unsustainable methods has come at an exorbitant price for the environment, said the top authority at the Department of...
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April 25,2018China has attained most of its environment protection goals for 2017, according to the country's ecology and...
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April 25,2018With Tehran's water reserves languishing at their lowest levels this year, scrimping and saving is the only way to head off rationing. According to Alireza Bakhtiari, director general of Tehran's...
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