Tehran Times The first group of migratory birds landed in northern Mazandaran province to spend the winter, director for the provincial department of environment (DOE) has said. Eurasian teal, herons and sandpipers are birds which have started their migration to warmer areas of the country as temperatures drastically dropped in their main habitats,...

Financial Tribune - The Interior Ministry has called for a national ban on dilapidated cars that contribute to the worsening air pollution in Iranian cities. The ministry has asked Iran Traffic Police to devise a plan for extending the Air Pollution Reduction Scheme underway in the capital to the whole country. Almost all Iranian major cities ...

MNA Iran has reduced 9,800 tons of ozone-destroying emissions over the past 26 years as part of its commitment to the Montreal Protocol, phasing out the chemical substances responsible for ozone layer depletion while making efforts to cut another 2,000 tons. Observed on September 16, the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer ...

Tehran Times Over 85 percent of the countrys total population is affected by prolonged drought over the past decade, Sadeq Ziaeian, director of the national center for drought and crisis management affiliated to the Meteorological Organization, told ISNA on Friday. According to the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), 11 ...

Tehran Times Four special working groups are being established to control stray dogs population in Tehran, director of environment and sustainable development department at Tehran Municipality has stated. Shina Ansari made the remarks during a meeting held on Tuesday with the participation of representatives from the municipality and related NGOs ...

Financial Tribune - Close to 1.6 billion cubic meters of water evaporated from Urmia Lake in the last 90 days, head of the Base Studies Department of East Azarbaijan Water Company said. Due to evaporation, the lake's water level has fallen by 50 centimeters compared to May when it reached a record high at 1,272 cm during the last ten years, Aqil ...

Tehran Times Although rains have drenched Hamoun wetland after two decades of dryness, it is getting dried again due to high evaporation, hence a comprehensive plan for restoration of the wetland has been prepared, ISNA reported on Tuesday. The Hamouns are transboundary wetlands on the Iran-Afghan border made up of three lakes: Hamoun-e Helmand,...

Tehran Times The lion couple kept in captivity at Tehran Zoological Garden for reproduction of the endangered species have been introduced to each other to live together, a veterinarian at Tehrans Eram Zoo has said. A male Persian lion, born 6 years ago, was sent to Tehran Zoological Garden from Britains Bristol Zoo on May 1, under a population ...

Financial Tribune - Followed by Qatar, Israel and Lebanon, Iran is ranked 4th on the list of countries with extremely high water risk. The Tehran-based Persian-language economic newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad, a sister publication of Financial Tribune, quoted Friday a report issued by Washington DC-based World Resources Institutes Aqueduct Water Risk ...

IRNA Some 465 people were taken to hospitals and medical centers in southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan due to complications caused by dust storm took place over the past several days, according to a provincial official. Abrolrahman Shahnavazi, the director of crisis management department of Sistan-Baluchestan governor-general, ...

Tehran Times 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. Through the event, participants will be trained on the wildlife issues and will be acquainted with new scientific studies in related ...

MNA Honar Lake besides the second phase of Honar Garden, in northern districts of Tehran, are ready to be inaugurated by the end of the present Iranian calendar month, Mordad (August 22, 2019). The projects, run by Abbasabad Lands Rehabilitation Company, will be inaugurated in a month, Hamid Javani, Executive Deputy of the company announced on ...

Tehran Times Some 25 percent of vehicles which referred to technical inspection centers in Tehran to receive inspection stickers have failed the tests due to producing high level of emissions, managing director of Tehran Vehicle Inspection Company affiliated to Tehran Municipality has said. Vehicle inspection is a procedure mandated by national ...

Tasnim | Mojtaba Esmaeil Zade: Bozsina, which means the Icy Chest in local language, is the name of a mountain in Irans West Azarbaijan province, located between Urmia and Oshnavieh cities near Irans border with Iraq and Turkey. With several lakes on its slopes, Bozsina is a favourite destination for mountain climbers and nature lovers, especially ...

Financial Tribune - The amount of water stored in dams has dwindled by 9% between May 22 and June 22. Dams across the country held 40.6 billion cubic meters of water in May, but the level fell to 37.3 bcm in June, down 9%. Dams were 82% full in May but now are 75% full. In 2018 the storage level was 45%. Since the beginning of the current ...

Tehran Times Hyrcanian forests will be equipped with modern technology devices such as camera traps, drones and fire-detection sensors, the deputy director of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has said. Recently designated as a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the Hyrcanian Forest cover the northern slope of the Alborz Mountain ...

Tehran Times Some 300 rangers will soon join the forces defending the environment across the country, Fars news agency reported on Monday. According to the report, 800 individuals have passed the preliminary required tests but only 300 will be chosen to defend the countrys protected areas. They must also pass fitness, medical and psychological ...

Tehran Times - A new study reveals that how 520 major cities worldwide might face unprecedented climate conditions by 2050, including the Iranian capital city of Tehran which could feel as warm as San Bernardino and California in the United States. Conducted by Crowther lab research group based at university of ETH Zrich, Switzerland, the study predicted ...

Tasnim Irans Judiciary Chief Hojatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi said the countrys own strategies suffice for the protection of environment and obviate the need for foreign treaties such as the Paris Agreement. In comments at a meeting with Iranian environmentalists in Tehran on Saturday, Raeisi said Iran itself has devised grand strategies for the ...

Tehran Times The use of plastic is on the rise among Iranians, as over 3,000 tons of plastic waste is generated per day in the country, the director of environment and sustainable development department of Tehran Municipality has said. The amount reaches 1 million tons in a year, Fars news agency quoted Sadr-o-din Alipour as saying on Monday. The ...