Precipitations decline by 24% year on year
According to the data released by the Meteorological Organization of Iran, precipitations in the country have decreased by 24.2 percent in the…
Environment
Sorkhrud wetland hosting migratory birds
Flocks of migratory birds, particularly geese, have come to the Sorkhrud wetland in the northern province of Mazandaran to spend the winter.…
Land subsidence threatens 252 regions nationwide
By implementing a subsidence rate monitoring plan, researchers at the National Cartographic Center identified 252 regions that are suffering from land subsidence.…
National plan targets planting one billion saplings
The Forests, Rangelands, and Watershed Management Organization plans to produce and plant one billion saplings across the country over the course of…
Anzali Wetland revival needs more public participation
Non-governmental organizations and environmental entities should participate more than in the past for reviving the ecosystem of Anzali Wetland, the governor of…
Over 670 national standards set for soil protection
The Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran has set 671 standards for soil protection and is setting 26 other standards…
1,500-year-old stone inscription discovered in Fars province
Persepolis World Heritage Site announced on Wednesday that an ancient stone inscription was discovered in Tangeh Bolaghi region, Pasargad city in Fars…
Iranian court sentences offenders to provide food for cheetah cub
A court in the city of Oshnavieh, northwest Iran, has sentenced a number of environmental offenders to provide food for the cheetah…
Biodiversity helps develop maritime tourism in Qeshm Island
Waters around Qeshm Island are the habitat of thousands of species of corals and over a thousand types of fish and other…
Air pollution in Tehran enters second week
The severe air pollution in Iranian big cities including the capital Tehran continues for more than a week on Saturday while all…
Fishing nets, a big threat to sea turtles
An official with the Department of Environment has said fishing nets are one of the biggest threats to sea turtles. Sea turtles…
Quake jolts northeastern Iran
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the suburbs of Boshraviyeh in the northeastern Iranian province of South Khorasan on Tuesday evening. The quake occurred…
Tehran, Baghdad negotiate on drought, SDSs control
Iranian Ambassador to Iraq, Mohammad Kazem Al Sadeq, and Iraqi Minister of Water Resources, Awn Dhiab Abdullah, discussed ways to deal with…
DOE seeks to restore Persian leopard habitats
The Department of Environment (DOE) plans to revive the lost habitats of the endangered Persian leopards by providing prey, Hassan Akbari, deputy…
Cheetah cubs found in Iran’s Touran good omen for endangered species’ survival
The two Asiatic cheetah cubs found recently in Khar Touran National Park in central Iran’s Semnan province represent a good omen for…
Rainfall fills Shadegan wetland by 70%
The recent rainfall has filled 70 percent of Shadegan International Wetland in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the head of the Shadegan…
Eight Persian leopards spotted in northeastern Iran
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
Some 175 endangered Persian zebras have so far been counted in Turan National Park, northcentral Semnan province, according to the latest census.…
2 cheetah cubs discovered in Iran’s Turan Park
Two female cheetah cubs have been found in the Turan National Park, improving hopes for the increase of the population of the…
Is “El Nino” the savior of Iran from drought?
According to the forecasts, El Nino–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can lead to more rain in Iran in the second half of winter and…
$3.7m allocated to protect northern forests
A total of 1.3 trillion rials (nearly $3.7 million) was earmarked to implement the technical and protection plan for forests in the…
Iran has taken great steps toward sustainable development despite sanctions
Despite unilateral sanctions and global pressure, Iran has taken great steps in turning its development path into a sustainable one, Ali Salajeqeh,…
Iran determined to expand ties with Muslim countries
The chief of Iran’s Department of Environment Ali Salajegheh in a meeting with the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed Iran’s will…
Over 16 tons of soil per hectare erodes annually
The annual soil erosion rate in Iran equals 16.4 tons per hectare, the director of watershed management and soil protection office of…
A wake-up call from the environment
Desertification has set off alarming bells in Iran, threatening approximately 88 percent of the land nationwide. Of 31 provinces of the country,…
Iran, Finland to discuss environmental co-op
In order to expand interactions with leading countries in the field of environment, a meeting will be held between Iran and Finland…
Drought, habitat destruction jeopardizing wildlife
Climate change, drought, and the destruction of natural habitats are among the most important threats to wildlife. World Wildlife Day is celebrated…
Iran, Iraq, and Syria to start action plan on dealing with SDS
The Iranian Department of Environment (DOE) will kick off negotiations with Iraq and Syria to launch an action plan for fighting sand…
Over 100 vertebrate species in danger of disappearing
A newly-updated list of endangered vertebrate species showed that 100 species are threatened with extinction, IRIB reported on Monday. The Department of…
Captive breeding saves endangered Persian zebras
Effective measures have been taken to protect the population of endangered Persian zebras so that 42 zebras have so far been reproduced…
Earthquake hits Roshtkhar in Razavi Khorasan province
An earthquake measuring 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale has hit Roshtkhar county in Razavi Khorasan province. The earthquake occurred at 12:15…
Flood incurs $740 damage to Tehran nomadic areas
Flooding caused a total of 200 billion rials (around $740,000) damage to nomads of Tehran, Director of nomadic affairs of Tehran province…
Which wetlands refilled in flooding?
The recent floods caused by monsoon rains, while affecting two-thirds of the Iranian plateau and leaving many people dead and injured, have…
Finland ready to cooperate with Iran in environment area
Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to Tehran Kari Kahiluoto has said that the development of cooperation with Mazandaran province in the…
Iran-Iraq-Turkiye trilateral meeting to be held in Baghdad
The Iraqi Minister of Water Resources announced that Iran-Iraq-Turkiye trilateral meeting on Iraq’s water rights will be held in Baghdad. Mahdi Rashid…
Over 520 earthquakes shook Iran in a month
A total of 529 earthquakes have been recorded across the country over the past calendar month (April 21- May 21), according to…
43% of wetlands to become dust-rising hotspots
Some 43 percent of the country’s wetlands have the potential to become a source of sand and dust storms (SDSs), Sedigheh Moddares,…
Iran, Iraq, Syria to sign MoU to control dust: DOE Head
Vice-President and Head of the Department of Environment (DOE), Ali Salajegheh, said here on Wednesday that Iran, Iraq and Syria will sign…
Japanese envoy underlines technology transfer to solve Anzali Lagoon problem
Japan’s Ambassador in Tehran Aikawa Kazutoshi stressed cooperation between Japanese experts and Anzali environment office to revive Anzali Lagoon, saying his country…
Iran seeks to fix dust crisis despite Turkish negligence
As Iran struggles with heavy dust and sand storms in various cities, there seems to be an urgent need for the West…