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2019-04-30 20:50
Spring downpours replenish Hamoun and Helmand, revive agriculture
TEHRAN — After two decades of dryness, enough ranis have finally come to bring Hamoun wetland and Helmand River back to life in southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, hence revives agriculture in the region as well.
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2019-04-22 22:43
After deluge Helmand River springs back to life
TEHRAN — After 18 years of dryness the almost dead Helmand River returned to life following recent torrential rainfalls, YJC reported on Saturday.
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2019-04-13 22:03
Triops Cancriformis sighted at Hamoun wetland years after disappearance
TEHRAN —Triops cancriformis, or tadpole shrimp, was sighted at Hamoun wetland in southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan after two decades of drought in the area, the provincial department of environment chief has said.
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2019-02-24 21:47
Water drenches 18,000 ha of Hamoun-e Sabori wetland
TEHRAN – Hamoun-e Sabori wetland on the Iran-Afghanistan border has been saturated, as rainwater flowed over 18,000 hectares of the wetland, Mohammad Reza Alimoradi, head of marine affairs at the Sistan-Baluchestan provincial department of environment has announced.
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2018-10-31 20:10
DOE chief demands UN to cooperate on negotiating Hamoun water right
TEHRAN — Over a meeting held in Tehran on Wednesday with the UN resident coordinator and UNDP representative Ugochi Daniels, Issa Kalantari, chief of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE), emphasized the need for negotiating with Afghanistan to discuss Hamoun Lake water right.
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2018-09-22 09:33
Judge sentence poachers to plant trees
TEHRAN — An Iranian judge has sentenced two poachers to plant 400 trees in Hamoun wildlife refuge, southeastern Iran, Mehr news agency reported on Friday.
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2018-09-16 22:07
Hamoun dryness, a tragedy for southwestern Iran
TEHRAN — Hamoun wetland dryness, caused by long-term drought and low precipitation, is the major reason behind problems in southwestern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Zia-al-din Shoaei, former head of national working group for combatting sand and dust storms has said.
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2018-08-29 09:30
Negotiating Hamoun water right, only way for Sistan to survive: report
TEHRAN – As long as sand and dust storms (SDSs) severely threatens the lives of people and affects many sectors of agriculture, livestock and industry in Sistan region, southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the only way to halt the impacts is to negotiate with Afghanistan on granting the water right of Hamoun wetland, IRNA reported on Monday.
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2018-06-27 16:29
Iran, Afghanistan agree on transboundary waters, says ambassador
TEHRAN — Iran and Afghanistan have reached an agreement on water right of Heray Rud River, Hamoun wetland and Helmand River, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Iran Nasir Ahmad Nour has said./
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2018-06-11 11:03
Iran plans to use biotechnology to address SDSs at Hamoun wetland
TEHRAN -- The threat of sand and dust storms (SDSs) at Hamoun wetland can turn into an opportunity through science and technology solutions, said Mohammad Ali Latifi, the head of biotechnology headquarters at science and technology vice presidency.
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2018-05-12 21:05
Iran urges Afghanistan to resume talks on Hamoun wetlands
TEHRAN — Iran and Afghanistan should resume negotiations on the water rights of Hamoun wetlands, YJC quoted Masoud Tajrishi, deputy chief of the Department of Environment, as saying on Friday.
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2018-01-27 20:34
Ramsar to host World Wetlands Day ceremony
TEHRAN — Iran will mark the World Wetlands Day in a ceremony which is scheduled to be held in the northern city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
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2017-10-31 20:36
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
Afghanistan, Iran join hands to preserve the Hamouns: envoy
TEHRAN — A festering disagreement over allocation of water from Helmand River is threatening Iran and Afghanistan relationship as both neighboring countries are suffering from drought, climate change, sand and dust storms and the lack of proper water management.
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2016-10-17 08:12
Iranian entrepreneurship fund allots $1.5m to save wetlands
TEHRAN — An Iranian entrepreneurship fund called Omid (literally meaning hope), has allotted some 50 billion rials (nearly $1.5 million) with the aim of saving wetlands nationwide, ISNA news agency reported.
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2016-10-07 17:44
Iran-Germany environmental cooperation to pick up steam
TEHRAN — Iran and Germany gave a fresh impetus to their cooperation on environmental issues ranging from protecting natural resources and biodiversity to reducing greenhouse gas emission.
