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  • Climate change causes coral bleaching in Indian Ocean: expert 2023-02-22 19:09

    Climate change causes coral bleaching in Indian Ocean: expert

    TEHRAN – An expert at the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science believes that the lack of oxygen and the bleaching phenomenon of corals in the Indian Ocean are the consequences of climate change.

  • Environmental diplomacy to help secure water rights 2023-02-15 18:46

    Environmental diplomacy to help secure water rights

    TEHRAN – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started environmental diplomacy with neighboring countries in a bid to secure water rights for the country’s wetlands.

  • Lake Urmia shrinks despite precipitations 2023-02-13 18:31

    Lake Urmia shrinks despite precipitations

    TEHRAN – Despite recent precipitations, the area of Lake Urmia has decreased by more than 1,000 square kilometers.

  • Kani Barazan wetland hosting thousands of migratory birds 2023-01-24 17:52

    Kani Barazan wetland hosting thousands of migratory birds

    TEHRAN - Kani Barazan International Wetland, located in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, is hosting more than 30,000 migratory birds for wintering.

  • Is air keeping us alive or killing us? 2023/01/02

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Citizens of metropolises dream of clean air

    TEHRAN – In the past, the air was supposed to keep us alive, but it seemingly has changed its duty, like many other things, to kill us.

  • White Bridge hosting flocks of migratory birds 2022-12-30 19:26

    White Bridge hosting flocks of migratory birds

    TEHRAN – White Bridge, an arch bridge located in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, is hosting flocks of migratory birds, IRIB reported.

  • Drought expected to persist during cold season 2022-12-23 18:47

    Drought expected to persist during cold season

    TEHRAN – No end to the drought is in sight over the cold season, according to a winter forecast by Ahad Vazifeh, head of the national center for drought and crisis management.

  • DOE outlines plans to protect Persian fallow deer 2022-12-19 19:45

    DOE outlines plans to protect Persian fallow deer

    TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE) has prepared two plans to restore the endangered Persian fallow deer, the deputy head of the DOE has said.

  • Eight Persian leopards spotted in northeastern Iran 2022-12-06 17:55

    Eight Persian leopards spotted in northeastern Iran

    TEHRAN – Eight Persian leopards were observed in Tandooreh National Park, a protected area located in the northeast of Iran, Mehr reported on Tuesday.

  • Turan hosting 175 endangered Persian zebras 2022-12-04 18:31

    Turan hosting 175 endangered Persian zebras

    TEHRAN – Some 175 endangered Persian zebras have so far been counted in Turan National Park, northcentral Semnan province, according to the latest census.

  • Hamoun wetland’s dryness has changed wintering season: official 2022-12-03 17:43

    Hamoun wetland’s dryness has changed wintering season: official

    TEHRAN – Some 400,000 migratory birds that wintered in the Hamoun International Wetland changed their way due to the drought, the head of the Department of Environment of Zabol, Sistan-Baluchestan province, has said.

  • Gandoman intl. wetland hosts new bird species 2022-11-29 18:45

    Gandoman intl. wetland hosts new bird species

    TEHRAN – A lesser white-fronted goose has been identified and recorded for the first time in Gandoman international wetland, southwestern Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province, the head of the provincial department of environment has announced.

  • West Azarbaijan a haven for migratory birds 2022-11-12 17:08

    West Azarbaijan a haven for migratory birds

    TEHRAN – With more than 70 water habitats, including seasonal and permanent wetlands, lakes, dams, and rivers, West Azarbaijan has become one of the safe passages for migratory birds in the west of the country.

  • Iran Environment 2022 to unveil national programs 2022-11-08 18:09

    Iran Environment 2022 to unveil national programs

    TEHRAN – Some 10 national programs will be unveiled at the 20th international environmental exhibition (Iran Environment 2022) that is to be held on November 20 to 23 in Tehran.

  • COP14 to focus on Hamoun wetlands 2022-11-01 18:02

    COP14 to focus on Hamoun wetlands

    TEHRAN – The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP14), scheduled to be held on November 5 to 13, will address wetland issues, especially Hamouns.

  • Bird migration season and three environmental challenges 2022-10-15 18:43

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Bird migration season and three environmental challenges

    TEHRAN – The light shining on the glass of the buildings at night creates vision errors for migratory birds, which kills many of them every year.

  • Mahabad Dam to revive Kani Barazan wetland 2022-10-03 22:00

    Mahabad Dam to revive Kani Barazan wetland

    TEHRAN – One million cubic meters of water will be released from Mahabad Dam to restore the Kani Barazan International Wetland, said Reza Jahin, the director of Mahabad city’s water department.

  • Iran short of rain by 24% 2022-09-27 19:00

    Iran short of rain by 24%

    TEHRAN – Over the previous water year which began on September 23, 2021, the rainfall decreased by about 24 percent compared to the long-term average, which marked another year of low rainfall for Iran.

  • Environmental protection to enter educational system 2022-09-20 19:10

    Environmental protection to enter educational system

    TEHRAN - Environmental protection will be launched as a field of study in the new school year, which starts on September 23, in the two provinces of Fars and Khuzestan, the Department of Environment chief has said.

  • Roads against wildlife 2022-09-19 17:42

    Roads against wildlife

    TEHRAN – Some 50 percent of wildlife deaths and 52 percent of Asiatic cheetah deaths are caused by road accidents, an expert at the Department of Environment has said.

  • No prospect for Lake Urmia revival: expert 2022-09-17 18:30

    No prospect for Lake Urmia revival: expert

    TEHRAN – The restoration of Lake Urmia is unlikely in the current conditions, Hessam Ahmadi Birgani, an environmental professor at Urmia University, has said.

  • Environmental policies need much more attention 2022-09-12 18:41

    By Mehdi Garshasbi

    Environmental policies need much more attention

    On November 17, 2015, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, announced the general policies on the environment, emphasizing the need for comprehensive, harmonious, and organized management of vital resources based on ecological capability and sustainability, particularly by increasing capacities and appropriate legal and structural capabilities accompanied by public participation.

  • Captive breeding saves endangered Persian zebras 2022-08-24 18:22

    Captive breeding saves endangered Persian zebras

    TEHRAN – Effective measures have been taken to protect the population of endangered Persian zebras so that 42 zebras have so far been reproduced in captivity.

  • Helmand water flows from Afghanistan into Iran 2022-08-08 17:43

    Helmand water flows from Afghanistan into Iran

    TEHRAN – Afghanistan has released water from the border Helmand River toward Iran, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian special envoy for Afghanistan, has said.

  • New bird species recorded in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari wetlands 2022-07-25 19:33

    New bird species recorded in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari wetlands

    TEHRAN – Two new bird species of European golden plover and grey plover were observed and recorded in wetlands of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province, the provincial department of environment chief, has said.

  • Extinction alarm raised for Persian bears 2022-07-25 19:30

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Extinction alarm raised for Persian bears

    TEHRAN – The two species of brown and black bears inhabiting Iran are on the verge of extinction due to natural and anthropogenic threats.