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2020-12-29 18:21
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Should we hand-feed animals or not?
TEHRAN – Hand-feeding the animals in cold seasons has been controversial as opponents believe that it weakens their immune system and changes their habits, but proponents believe that it does not significantly affect the animals’ routine.
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2020-11-23 17:57
By Faranak Bakhtiari
COVID-19: economic pressure plundering nature
TEHRAN – Rising economic pressures and declining public revenues since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak have caused profiteers and poachers to once again attack natural resources and plunder the environment to make up for their income shortcomings.
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2020-06-29 16:22
Keramat Garden, a place for helping injured, orphaned wildlife
TEHRAN – Every year, many animals are injured by predators or are orphaned at their natural habitats. They are handed over to Keramatollah Riahi who owns a rehabilitation center in the southwestern Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province, IRNA reported on Monday.
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2020-06-05 20:25
By Faranak Bakhtiari
World Environment Day: Iran outlines plan to protect its rich biodiversity
TEHRAN – Because the most important part of wildlife conservation is habitat preservation, the Department of Environment (DOE) has developed several national programs, 10 of which are underway, and 10 others will soon be finalized to implement, Shahaboddin Montazemi, director of the wildlife's conservation office at the DOE told the Tehran Times.
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2019-07-31 21:00
National congress on wildlife diseases, conservation to be held
TEHRAN – Tehran will play host to the first national congress on wildlife diseases and conservation which will be held in the Iranian calendar month of Azar (November 22- December 21), Mehr reported on Wednesday.
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2019-04-17 09:56
By Jamshid Parchizadeh
The most important threats to brown bear populations in Iran
Iran is a vast country with an area of 1,623,779 km2 in which there are 164 mammal species including the Asiatic black bear and brown bear. Human-bear conflict is the main reason for the brown bear number reduction and range collapse in this country. In this short article, I summarize the most important threats to brown bear populations in Iran:
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2018-12-15 21:56
By S. K. Basu and P. Zandi
Need for insect pollinator conservation to secure future of global agriculture forestry, apiculture industries, food security
Insect pollinators (honeybees, native bees, moths and butterflies, some species of beetles and flies) helping in the natural (biological cross pollination of crops around the globe are showing an alarming sign of population decline.
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2018-10-20 21:50
Leopard in snare escaped certain death, released back to wild
TEHRAN — A leopard caught in snare, in northern city of Galugah in Mazandaran province, was safely released and went back to wild with no lasting harms, Tasnim news agency reported.
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2018-07-14 09:34
By Farnaz Heidari
White-headed ducks victims of steep decline
White-headed duck has endured high levels of habitat loss in Iran. Long-term population declines have intensified as a result of wetlands' changes and also droughts. Iran's dying wetlands were once breeding habitats of white-headed ducks and now are vulnerable to drainage, pollution, and other disturbances.
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2018-07-08 11:21
By Farnaz Heidari
What choices do we have for saving Asiatic cheetahs?
There are recent reports on the successful cheetah translocations from South Africa to Liwonde National Park in Malawi led by African Parks.
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2018-07-08 11:15
By Farnaz Heidari
Threat poachers are posing to leopards
Poaching is a controversial term and the issue remains complicated. Scientists, environmentalists and most of animal lovers are concerned with poaching effects on different wildlife populations. But in a country such as Iran, the big challenge of conservation is linked with reliable data especially in the case of poaching.
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2018-06-02 12:31
Penned by Farnaz Heidari
A legacy of agricultural poisons
The potentially lethal impact of DDT on wildlife and especially birds of prey was first noted in the late 1950s. And now we know, spraying to control pests can head to poisoning of the environment and living creatures just like humans.
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2018-04-27 09:55
by Farnaz Heidari
Detailed action plan prerequisite for conservation of lynxes in Iran
Lynx is the animal that conservationists have distinguished as an indication of an intact environment. Now, some groups of dedicated conservationists are working to save the wild populations in natural ecosystems.
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2018/04/15
By Farnaz Heidari
Back on the wolves' challenge
Wolves are major predators and their main prey consists of wild sheep, gazelle and small vertebrates. When hungry they will also feed on lizards, vegetables, fruit, and even domestic livestock.
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2018-01-27 09:59
By Farnaz Heidari
Dimming the light of sharks' life
Sharks are hunters par excellence. They frequent a wide range of habitats. Most of sharks are magnificently designed. Multiple rows of replaceable triangular teeth, and also a battery of receptors that almost defy human comprehension, considered as the best tools for a precedent apex predator.
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2018-01-24 10:15
By Farnaz Heidari
Vague, imprecise ecosystem, wildlife management approaches in Iran
In the early 1800s, bird expert Alexander Wilson watched a single migrating flock of passenger pigeons darken the sky for over 4 hours. He estimated that this flock was more than 2 billion birds strong, some 386 kilometers long, and 1.6 kilometers wide.
