IRNA - The head of the provincial office of the Headquarters for Revival of Urmia Lake in West Azarbaijan province said on Tuesday that Urmia Lake has become 3,163 square km wide. Speaking to IRNA, Farhad Sarkhosh said that volume of the lake has reached over 4,930,000,000 cubic meters, adding that the lake is now in good conditions compared with ...

Financial Tribune - To help restore Lake Urmia, close to 270 million cubic meters of water will be gradually discharged into the troubled lake from four dams in West Azarbaijan Province over the next two months, head of Urmia Lake Restoration Project said. Average rate of water flow into the lake is 61 cubic meters per second or five million cubic ...

Financial Tribune - Lake Urmia water level is on the rise following good rainfall that started last year and restoration programs carried out recently. The programs include efficient management of surface and underground water in the lakes vicinity, IRNA reported. One of the main measures included in the Lake Urmia Restoration Program is to divert ...

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- Water level of the long-time embattled Urmia Lake in northwest Iran has risen by 5cm over the past week thanks to the springtime precipitation, the head of Urmia Lake Restoration Project said. The lakes water level reached 1,270.82 meters on Sunday, registering a promising recovery of 74cm from the minimum level registered (1270....

MNA FAO headquarters in Rome hosted a group of international experts that specialize in social-ecological systems to discuss a number of case studies including the Lake Urmia Restoration program. According to a press release by the FAO Representation in Iran, the overall theme of the expert workshop was to discuss how the social-ecological systems ...

Financial Tribune- The level of Urmia Lake is currently 20 centimeters lower than the target set for the end of the water year (Sept. 22), an official involved in Urmia Lake Restoration Program said. Ali Haji-Moradi, policymaking director at ULRP's Incorporation and Planning Office, said that based on plans, the level should have been 40 cm higher ...

MNA Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has voiced readiness to participate in Urmia Lake Restoration Program (ULRP). FAO Director-General, Jos Graziano da Silva, met with Mahmoud Hojjati, Iranian Minister of Agriculture who is in Rome to attend the organization's 40th Conference from 3-8 July. At the meeting, Graziano ...