As 65% of Iran's development projects are underway in coastal regions, the role of the Department of Environment in preventing damage to marine ecosystems has become more essential.
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The death toll from a storm that caused landslides and floods across the southern Philippines has climbed to 240 with scores of others still missing, officials said on Monday.
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While winter is not normally thought of as wildfire season, fires have swept across several locations in its first week, which have bewildered officials.
At least three incidents have…
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Gohar-roud and Zarjoub rivers in Rasht, Gilan Province, have remained polluted for years mainly due to lack of funds, a city councilor complained.
Fatemeh Shirzad, the head of Health and…
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To prevent the recurrence of heavy smog in the capital, all dilapidated (over 20 years of age) and polluting trucks, as well as those lacking technical inspection certificates, have been banned…
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Heavy pollution in Tehran is expected to persist up to Dec. 22.
"Low-speed wind, which has been forecast for the next few days, is not strong enough to clear the capital's sky and air…
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Lighter winds expected in California early this week should help firefighters in their battle against one of the largest and most destructive wildfires in the state's history, the US National…
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The Department of Environment's water management plan in Khuzestan for supplying water to the central plateau has raised the ire of environmental activists and provincial officials. The plan is…
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China plans to roll out by 2020 a nationwide system that forces polluters to repair damage to the environment or pay compensation.
The move, which extends a scheme already piloted in…
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The large-scale bird hunting in the international Fereydounkenar Wetland in Mazandaran Province has been a controversial topic for years.
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The First National Conference on Water Loss and Consumption Management kicked off today at Tehran's Abbaspour School of Engineering to tackle Iran's chronic water problem.
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The World Soil Day themed "Caring for the Planet Starts From the Ground" was celebrated worldwide on December 5 at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations headquarters in…
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An Iranian delegation headed by the deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment, Kaveh Madani, attended the third UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, on Dec. 4-6.
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In an effort to curb dust and sand pollution, Iran's National Convention to Combat Dust Storms is seeking to use Japan's successful experience in the field by implementing joint…
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Three Asiatic cheetahs have been sighted in Touran Biosphere Reserve in Shahroud, Semnan Province, early this week, a senior environmental official said.
Speaking to Mehr News Agency,…
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Iran has delayed the ratification of Paris Agreement while it has only a three-year window to join the accord, on the ground that it requires careful domestic planning to meet the 4% reduction…
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An unrelenting wildfire fanned by hot, dry Santa Ana winds threatened more than 12,000 homes in and around Ventura, California, on Wednesday, forcing thousands of people to race for safety.
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Boats have been out in force on River Cam, the main river flowing through Cambridge in eastern England, to urgently remove an invasive plant that starves fish and plants of oxygen…
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Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology has issued an alert for a La Nina weather event starting next month, saying the chance it would take place was triple the normal likelihood.
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The plan for transferring treated wastewater from the plant in Birjand, South Khorasan, to Mohammadiyeh's farmlands in Darmian County was launched early this week.
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Fire razed 15 hectares of forest in Tonekabon County in the northern province of Mazandaran. According to Seyyed Mehdi Molaei, the head of regional office of Forest, Range and Watershed…
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Many environmental challenges such as drought and dust storms are the outcomes of ineffective past water diplomacy, an expert on geopolitics said.
Mohammad Hossein Papoli Yazdi, the head…
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A conference on environmental issues between senior officials of Iran and the European Union opened at Tehran's Milad Tower on Tuesday.
A 26-strong European delegation comprising experts…
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Four Asiatic cheetahs were sighted in Touran Biosphere Reserve in Shahroud, Semnan Province, early this week, a senior environmental official said.
Speaking to Mehr News Agency, Abbas-…
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Efforts to revive Urmia Lake in northwest Iran were progressing well until this year when the lake's level again started to decline and the officials of Urmia Lake's Restoration Program drew…
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