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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September 01,2018The 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... -
September 01,2018Already strained by a sharp fall in precipitation during the closing water year (began September 23, 2017), the southern coastline is not expected to receive a normal amount of rainfall during the...
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September 01,2018This year, September 1 was observed as the "Vulture Awareness Day" across the globe. In India, the...
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August 27,2018Urban green spaces need to be planted with drought-resistant native species to cut back on water consumption for irrigation, at a time the country is struggling with an acute water crisis, an...
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August 27,2018President Hassan Rouhani has directed the Foreign Ministry to push for greater cooperation from the Iraqi government to help contain a protracted fire at a wetland straddling the common border. "...
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August 27,2018A German newspaper reports judges are considering jailing senior Bavarian officials for failing to...
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August 27,2018A wildfire that began scorching the forests of Marivan in Kurdestan Province on Saturday has taken the lives of four environmentalists during their attempts to put out the blaze with bare hands and...
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August 27,2018German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke against setting more ambitious EU climate targets on Sunday but...
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August 27,2018The government of India’s Maharashtra state on Sunday announced that anyone flouting noise pollution...
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August 25,2018An island volcano on the north coast of Papua New Guinea erupted early on Saturday...
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August 25,2018An unusual phenomenon, known as the red tide, has hit the waters off the coast of Chabahar. "The tide has been observed in recent days in international waters near Chabahar's oceanic waters,...
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August 25,2018A top environmental official dismissed reports of a disruption in the UN's financial support for the Asiatic cheetah protection program led by Iran's Department of Environment. "The relationship...
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August 25,2018The tiny white insects that swarmed the capital Tehran in the past summers have not been present so far this year, much to the relief of the residents who already suffer such distressing...
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August 25,2018This year's summer is reaching its end while the capital has seen no "good" air quality during the first two months of the hot season. This is clearly illustrated if the air quality in the 62-day...
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August 20,2018The dust particles, which covered the skies of southwest Alborz Province on Sunday, would persist for a couple of days, according to weather forecasts. "Due to the recent high-speed winds sweeping...
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August 20,2018Australia's biggest grocer Woolworths Group flagged on Monday it had rapidly lost sales momentum...
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August 20,2018In an open session of parliament on Sunday, lawmakers gave their seal of approval to four articles of the bill on protecting the soil whose general principles had earlier been endorsed in late June...
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August 20,2018The body of a brown bear cub, which was struck dead by a car, was found on Monday morning on Mojen-Taash road in Shahroud, Semnan Province. This is the sixth bear victimized in the area in road...
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August 20,2018It has been another encouraging year for turtles in Cyprus, with the number of nests this year...
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August 20,2018Head of the Department of Environment Isa Kalantari called for the Science Ministry, which is in charge of higher education, to narrow the focus of an environmental college to ranger training. "We...
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August 18,2018A biking tour attended by journalists was held in the capital on Friday to symbolically inaugurate an urban scheme on using smart bike facilities in Tehran, a pilot plan that will be officially set...
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August 18,2018The percentage of buses in Tehran's public transportation fleet with a technical inspection license has risen to a88% up from 75% last year following an order by the Traffic Department of Tehran...
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August 18,2018Indonesia is about to open the Asian Games but its traffic-clogged capital Jakarta...
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August 18,2018Environmental experts say a portion of Urmia Lake in its southern side can never be filled with water again and officials have envisioned instead a plan to turn the area into a natural reserve for...
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August 18,2018Recognizing the importance of promoting environmental education from an early age, the government has recently introduced it to the national curriculum as an independent subject. "The addition of...
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