An advisor to the project manager of the Chitgar artificial lake in western Tehran said the lake only drains one fortieth of Kan Creek's water, dismissing claims that it might cause the river's...
A Persian leopard was captured on cameras late last week while drinking from a waterhole in Ashk Island of Urmia Lake, West Azarbaijan Province.
According to Parviz Arasteh, head of the...
Iran has introduced four cities to be inscribed on the Ramsar Convention's list of internationally recognized wetland cities, said the deputy head of the Department of Environment's Habitats Office...
Measures adopted in Mahdishahr, Semnan Province, to protect the threatened deer species against the immoral hunting technique of deer calling have been fruitful with no casualties reported last...
The latest in a series of workshops on biosafety was held by the Research Center of Environment and Sustainable Development on Monday for experts at the Department of Environment. The workshops are...
Iran's Department of Environment has allocated about $200,000 for the enhancement of environmental protection infrastructures at the Golestan National Park.
The technical committee of the park's...
A magnet motor production line in Isfahan Province was officially inaugurated on Thursday as part of an agreement signed between the Department of Environment, the Defense Ministry and Isfahan's...
Following an international cave exploration mission that recently came to a close in Qizhalan Cave in Kermanshah Province, the geological formation was named the third deepest cave in the country...
One of Japan’s busiest airports remained closed indefinitely after the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in at least 25 years flooded a runway and other facilities while damaging other infrastructure...
A valuable and rare Blandford's fox has been recently sighted wandering around Yakhab Wildlife Sanctuary in Isfahan Province. The animal was caught on camera by park rangers while patrolling the...
Tehran's City Council passed on Tuesday the general principles of a bill on modifying the system of collecting and disposing of special waste in the capital.
Special waste is a waste that...
A large haul of smuggled birds was detected and seized in Bushehr Province on early this week by the protection unit of the Department of Environment.
According to Hossein Delshab, head of the...
There is no more available capacity to implement new water supply schemes in the capital and the only viable strategy is to manage the demand, a water expert at Tehran Regional Water Authority said...
As part of a plan to renovate the ageing commercial transportation fleet, a sum of €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) has so far been allocated to replace 35,000 dilapidated vehicles with new ones.
Iran’s intended contributions to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change contain multiple defects which are likely to have irreversible...
The third phase of the Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project, whose draft plan is soon to be reviewed by the Department of Environment and the United Nations Development Program, aims to adopt...