Online systems for monitoring air quality are to be launched in 24 stations across the country next week.
Currently, air quality monitoring stations in provincial capitals announce the…
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Yakhab, a no-hunting zone in Isfahan Province, has been declared a wildlife sanctuary, a provincial environment official said.
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Some 2 tons of illegally-logged Alder wood were seized in a raid on a lumber mill in Amol, Mazandaran Province.
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The governments of the US State of California and Scotland have signed an agreement to join hands to fight climate change.
The agreement was signed on Monday by Scotland's First Minister…
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Some 600 illegal water wells in Alborz Province were sealed in the last Iranian year (March 2016-17), according to the province's governor general.
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Giant pandas in China will soon have a sprawling reserve to mingle, eat bamboo shoots and work on their famously low libidos.
The cuddly animals' native China is building a panda reserve so…
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State and territory governments have been accused of total failure in the fight for clean air after many of Australia's largest polluters reported emissions hikes.
Environmental Justice…
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Releasing domestic goldfish in nature—such as wetlands and rivers—can harm endemic species and must be avoided, according to an official of the Department of Environment.
Iranian families…
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Wheat, rice, sugar, cotton and maize are among the essential internationally traded crops in the global economy.
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Meteorologists expect a drop of between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius in Tehran's temperature on Tuesday.
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The logging of trees in the Caspian Hyrcanian forests has dropped by 8% during the current Iranian year—which ends on March 20—compared to the previous year.
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Natural changes in the environment are responsible for about 40% of Arctic sea ice loss, while humans are to blame for the rest, according to a recent climate study.
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The Department of Environment has prepared comprehensive plans to protect six endangered species in Iran.
Iran is home to 74 threatened and endangered species, and the goal is to devise…
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Scientists in Australia have revealed unprecedented damage to the Great Barrier Reef, warning "we are entering uncharted territory".
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Air pollution is having a devastating effect on Britain’s wild flowers by helping nettles, hogweed and other “thuggish” species turn the countryside into “monotonous green badlands”, major…
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Lorestan Province's air quality index reached hazardous levels on Monday due to dust storms originating from Iraq. Mehrdad Fat'hi Beiranvand, the head of the provincial office of the Department of…
EnvironmentInadequate budget and lack of workforce are threatening the integrity of forest protection measures, according to a senior forestry official.
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For the past 10 years, Iran has been struggling with sand and dust storms that originate from sources both inside and outside the country.
Experts agree that domestic and foreign sources…
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The French are more worried and outraged by climate change than their British or German neighbors, but they don’t want to pay for a solution.
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Sand and dust storms, which have engulfed the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province for several days, will increase in intensity and persist at least until `Friday.
Speaking to local…
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The bill to support park rangers drafted by the Department of Environment in July 2016 has been revised by the government’s Social Affairs Commission and will be submitted to the parliament within…
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Three percent of revenue from every oil contract will be used to implement environmental protection measures, according to Iran’s chief environment official.
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Thailand has seized more than 300 kg of ivory from Malawi on flights into Bangkok’s main airport, authorities announced, underscoring the country’s continued role as a regional smuggling hub. The…
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Intense sand and dust storms lashing the southwestern Khuzestan Province have dumped around 76,500 tons of dust on the provincial capital Ahvaz in the current Iranian year (ending March 20),…
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Pollution is now a greater threat than Ebola and HIV, and is responsible for one in four deaths among children under five years, the World Health Organization has warned. Worldwide, more than 1.7…
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