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2021-01-26 17:59
Protected areas expand by 635,000 ha
TEHRAN – Some 635,000 hectares of natural lands added to the country’s protected areas due to the biological values, Mehr news agency reported on Monday.
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2020-11-11 17:35
Firefighting centers to be established in 6 provinces
TEHRAN – Firefighting centers will be established over the next Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21, 2021) in six provinces of East Azarbaijan, Khuzestan, Mazandaran, Golestan, North Khorasan, and Khorasan Razavi, an official with the Department of Environment (DOE) has stated.
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2020-08-31 19:46
We have to hire 300,000 workers to enhance cultural heritage protection: minister
TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism minister has said that his ministry must hire 300,000 workers in a bid to enhance the protection of cultural heritage sites, relics, and monuments.
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2020-06-07 23:14
Protected areas to be added by 1m ha
TEHRAN – One million hectares of natural lands will be added to the country’s protected areas by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2021), deputy chief of the Department of Environment (DOE) for natural resources and biodiversity has stated.
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2019-07-22 20:05
Kaveh-Deh in northeastern Tehran defined protected area
TEHRAN – Kaveh-Deh, a hunting prohibited region in northeastern Tehran, has been defined as a protected area, being included in the Department of Environment (DOE) list, Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
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2019-07-22 17:53
300 rangers to join forces defending protected areas
TEHRAN – Some 300 rangers will soon join the forces defending the environment across the country, Fars news agency reported on Monday.
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2019-06-25 21:16
Marine species population increased in protected areas
TEHRAN – According to the annual census, the population of marine species in habitats under the Department of Environment (DOE) supervision has increased, Ahmad Lahijanzadeh, head of marine environment affairs at the DOE has said.
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2018-12-11 21:45
International Mountain Day: Mountains are vital for our lives
TEHRAN — Almost one billion people live in mountain areas, and over half the human population depends on mountains for water, food and clean energy. However, according to the United Nations, mountains are under threat from climate change, land degradation, over exploitation and natural disasters, with potentially far-reaching and devastating consequences, both for mountain communities and the rest of the world.
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2018-11-02 12:16
New nature monuments, wildlife refuges nominated for inclusion in DOE list
TEHRAN – Four natural sceneries in northwestern province of Hamedan are nominated for possible inclusion in Department of Environment (DOE) list as national nature monuments and wildlife refuges, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.
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2018-09-08 00:36
‘Local communities play a minor part in managing protected areas’
TEHRAN — One of the main drawbacks associated with the management of protected areas in the country is that local communities play a minor part in preserving these areas, deputy environment chief for natural environment and biodiversity directorate has said.
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2018-05-24 06:34
Entry to southwestern protected areas prohibited
TEHRAN — Considering the beginning of wildlife breeding season in Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad province’s protected areas, southwestern Iran, people are banned from entering the region, the provincial chief of the department of environment has said.
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2018-04-27 20:19
Cadaster to help save national land areas from land grabbers
TEHRAN — Initiating cadaster in Iran would save national land areas from land grabbers, an official at Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization has said.
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2018-04-17 20:14
Environmentalists question protected areas downgrading, downsizing
TEHRAN — A group of environmental activists affiliated with an NGO has made a statement questioning the directive from the Supreme Council of Environment on revision of national protected areas.
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2018-04-03 20:19
‘Downgrading, downsizing protected areas encourage communities to safeguard environment’
TEHRAN — Downgrading and downsizing protected areas would in fact encourage local communities to conserve the environment more effectively, Department of Environment's (DOE) deputy director for hunting and fishing Ali Teymouri has said.
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2018-02-27 20:25
Attack on national lands “colossal, unforgivable mistake”: environmentalist
TEHRAN — The recent directive issued by the Supreme Council of Environment on changing the boundaries of protected areas is a colossal and unforgivable mistake, environmentalist Mohammad Darvish has said.
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2018/02/25
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
Defenseless national land areas
TEHRAN — The controversial directive from the Supreme Council of Environment on revision of national protected areas will definitely leave such regions in an exposed position.
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2018-02-20 18:56
Law adopted on selling national land area may endanger environment
TEHRAN — The recently-approved law on selling national land area will seriously endanger the environment and jeopardize the integrity of the protected areas, according to the Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization.
