Financial Tribune - The pattern of procrastination by automakers and the influence of their strong lobbies notwithstanding, the Department of Environment insists on its stance that car companies must start making advanced engines compliant with Euro 5 emissions standards, the DoE head said.
We are resolute in not wanting to issue licenses for manufacturing ...
Financial Tribune - Air quality data recorded daily by Tehran Air Quality Control Company show no decline in air pollution levels after the resumption of traffic restrictions in the city
The resumption of traffic schemes in the capital city of Tehran since June 6 has had close to zero effect on air pollution so far, an official with the Department ...
Tasnim The deputy head of Irans Department of Environment (DOE) said the European Union and the United Nations Development Program will allocate funds to help rehabilitate the countrys Hamoun international wetlands.
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have announced their 10- million support for the revival ...
Financial Tribune - Successive governments have done nothing to improve the quality of the air, especially in mega cities, and expecting the deteriorating situation to change overnight would be naive
The determination of the Department of Environment to fight air pollution notwithstanding, the issue is too complicated to be addressed in the short-...
Financial Tribune - A study conducted by the Department of Environment on gasoline and diesel quality indicates both fuels sold in the country contain dangerous chemicals above acceptable standards, head of the Comprehensive Assessment Unit at the DoE said.
Although there has been a decline in sulphur levels compared to summer, aromatic compounds ...
Tehran Times - The Department of Environment (DOE) will implement four plans on reviving the endangered ecosystem and wildlife of the Lake Urmia islands, Hamid Zohrabi, DOE deputy chief for natural environment and biodiversity directorate, announced.
Two islands of Ashk and Kaboodan burdened the direct consequences of drying Lake Urmia, loosing many ...
MNA While the Department of Environment (DOE) has issued a construction license for Lask dam on Anzali wetland, counting its advantages, some are still expressing worries: what are the unpredictable effects of building the dam on the regions ecosystem and are the DOEs reasons convincing?
Covering more than 19,000 hectares, Anzali wetland ...
Financial Tribune - As per an agreement between the ICT Ministry and the Department of Environment signed on Sunday, a project has been launched at Golestan National Park to equip the globally acclaimed natural reserve in the northeast with smart fire alarm systems.
The agreement was signed by ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi and Department ...
Financial Tribune - The third phase of the Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project, whose draft plan is soon to be reviewed by the Department of Environment and the United Nations Development Program, aims to adopt all alternative methods of breeding the wild cat besides programs to protect it in its habitat.
The CACP is a program jointly undertaken ...
Financial Tribune - Construction of an artificial pond in East Azarbaijan Province, illegally using the water share of the troubled Urmia Lake, was immediately put to a stop on the order of the Department of Environment in a written letter to the General Governorate.
After the news went viral on social media, environmentalists at Urmia Lake Restoration ...
Financial Tribune - Head of Irans Department of Environment instructed officials in southwestern Fars Province to prepare an urgent plan to revive the embattled Bakhtegan Lake in cooperation with a local university.
A consistent plan should be devised, with the Shiraz University playing a central role, in two months for the restoration of Bakhtegan ...
IRNA Iranian vice president in a meeting with the German envoy to Tehran welcomed cooperation with Berlin on environment protection.
'Iran welcomes sharing technology and modern science in the field of renovating the fleet transportation and waste management,' Iranian Vice President and Head of the Department of Environment (DoE) Isa Kalantari ...
Financial Tribune- As heavy snow blankets much of the country and wild animals are likely to move toward urban areas in search of food and water, the Department of Environment has called on the public to avoid hunting or hurting these animals, and report any case of injured wildlife to environmental authorities.
At the sight of a stray or injured ...
Financial Tribune- Isa Kalantari, the head of the Department of Environment, expressed strong confidence in the recently appointed Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian for implementing effective water policies.
DOE has recently been assigned with four major tasks by President Hassan Rouhani, namely air pollution in metropolises, waste management, especially ...
Tasnim | Erfan Kouchari: Lake Urmia is an endorheic salt lake in Iran. The lake is between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan in Iran, and west of the southern portion of the Caspian Sea. At its greatest extent, it was the largest lake in the Middle East and the sixth-largest saltwater lake on Earth, with a surface area of approximately ...
president.ir- President Rouhani appointed Dr Issa Kalantari as Vice-President and Head of Department of Environment (DoE).
President Rouhani's letter of appointment reads:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Dear Dr Issa Kalantari,
According to Article 124 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and ...
Financial Tribune- An official at the Department of Environment has confirmed reports circulating online that orcas have been sighted off the coasts of Bushehr Province.
Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Davoud Mirshekar, director of the Marine Ecosystems Office at DOE, said the presence of orcas (also known as killer whales) in the Persian ...
Financial Tribune- The Department of Environment has begun investigating reports that one of its local offices covered up the death of a young Persian leopard.
Morteza Farid, the head of DOE's Complaint and Investigation of Office, told Mehr News Agency that they have started looking into the allegations.
In late summer last year, a two-year-...
Financial Tribune- Under-fire environment chief, Massoumeh Ebtekar, has called for the formation of a fact-finding mission to look into the cause of the desiccation of Hoor al-Azim Wetland and the Department of Environments measures to revive the key lagoon.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 22nd National-Regional Conference of Iranian Society ...
Financial Tribune- Air quality in Tehran and other metropolises is gradually improving, thanks to the strategies of the Department of Environment, says an environment official.
According to Saeed Motessadi, DOE's deputy for human environments, Tehran saw 160 days of "unhealthy" days when air quality index exceeded 100 in the Iranian year ending ...
Previous Page | 