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2022-06-21 17:45
Iran leading the world in protected areas growth
TEHRAN – Statistics show that the growth rate of protected areas in Iran is higher than in many countries so the number of protected sites in Iran has risen about 37 times compared with 26 times on average in the world from 1962 to 2018.
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2021-11-26 18:46
Mining operations brought to halt near millennia-old petroglyph site
TEHRAN – Mining operations have recently been brought to a halt near Teymareh due to help protect millennia-old petroglyphs, which are scattered across the archaeological site in the Zagros mountain range, central Iran.
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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.
