UNESCO has approved Arasbaran's dossier on Tuesday, which was submitted in January, paving the way for Iran to implement measures to ensure the forest meets the UN agency's criteria for…
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In spite of the rapidly deteriorating quality of soil in Iran, it has not received the attention it desperately needs.
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The amount of carbon in the Earth's atmosphere is now officially off the charts, as the planet last week breached the 410 parts per million milestone for the first time in human history.
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Penguins and other species are facing extinction in South Africa, as the fish they feed on are harvested to make fishmeal to feed farmed salmon, chickens and other domestic livestock,…
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Whereas waste recycling can help reduce costs and slash greenhouse gas emissions, a large portion of wastes produced in Tehran are dumped or buried unsystematically, the head of Tehran's office of…
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The Department of Environment has once again called on voters to appoint environmentally-conscious candidates to city and village councils.
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To mark the international Earth Day event, the head of the Department of Environment together with environmental figures and activists gathered near Jajrud River in Mazandaran Province, on Friday…
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Nearly 40 million people in the UK are living in areas where high air pollution from diesel vehicles risks damaging their health, according to analysis commissioned by the Labor party.…
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A meeting between the environment officials of Iran’s Khuzestan and Iraq’s Basra provinces is slated to discuss issues of mutual interest, particularly problems concerning Arvandroud river and…
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Payame Noor University of Iran will soon host UNESCO’s environmental education program following a recent agreement. The program covers educational material on reducing consumption and promoting…
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The haze that hung over Singapore from Thursday night till Friday morning was probably caused by local pollution instead of forest fires in the region, experts say.
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In the new Iranian year that started on March 21, the Iranian Parliament has given special attention to environmental bills that had been gathering dust for over a year.
Following the…
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The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing and could be wiped out within a few years, scientists warned on Wednesday.
Illegal killing of…
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The Majlis on Tuesday approved an article in the Clean Air Bill that authorizes the formation of a special tribunal dedicated to air pollution cases in every court across the country.
The…
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A committee of Brazil’s Congress has approved proposals to roll back protections on 1.1 million hectares of forest and national park.
Lawmakers with links to mining and agriculture…
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A team of scientists say a melting glacier in Canada’s Yukon has caused a river to completely change course.
Their findings, published in Nature Geoscience, show how climate change can…
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A waste treatment facility in Saravan Village in Gilan Province will be set up once the designated land is cleared of more than a 1,000 trees.
Saravan Landfill, which is needlessly close to…
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US President Donald Trump’s administration is once again seeking to scuttle cuts to pollution from coal-fired power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked a federal appeals…
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In line with its declared goal of improving the conditions of animal facilities, the Department of Environment has stopped issuing permits for new zoos, bird gardens and animal care centers.
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Local law enforcement official have arrested a number of water hyacinth vendors in Gilan Province to stop the growth of the invasive plant species, the head of the provincial Department of…
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Iranian and Iraqi officials reached an agreement on Sunday to establish a joint research center to help combat dust and sand storms.
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The key to the survival of the world's threatened coral reefs may lie in waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say.
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Following heavy rainfall in West Azarbaijan Province over the past several days, some 80 million cubic meters of water have flowed into Urmia Lake.
According to Kamran Daneshjou, director…
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New data released on April 14 shows March 2017 was the second-warmest in 137 years of modern record-keeping, behind March of last year.
The global average surface temperature was 1.12…
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A scheme should be set up to allow diesel car owners to trade in old models for cash, the chairman of an influential House of Commons committee said.
MP Neil Parish is expected to suggest…
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