The annual soil erosion rate in Iran equals 16.4 tons per hectare, the director of watershed management and soil protection office of Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, Hooshang Jazi, has ...
Desertification has set off alarming bells in Iran, threatening approximately 88 percent of the land nationwide.
Of 31 provinces of the country, 22 provinces covering an area of 29.5 million hectares are affected ...
In order to expand interactions with leading countries in the field of environment, a meeting will be held between Iran and Finland at the regional center of the Basel and Stockholm Conventions on Monday.
This ...
Climate change, drought, and the destruction of natural habitats are among the most important threats to wildlife.
World Wildlife Day is celebrated annually on October 2-8, this years theme is "Recovering key ...
The Iranian Department of Environment (DOE) will kick off negotiations with Iraq and Syria to launch an action plan for fighting sand and dust storms in the region.
During the early days of the calendar month ...
A newly-updated list of endangered vertebrate species showed that 100 species are threatened with extinction, IRIB reported on Monday.
The Department of Environment (DOE) has updated and published the list of ...
Effective measures have been taken to protect the population of endangered Persian zebras so that 42 zebras have so far been reproduced in captivity.
The Persian onager, also called Persian zebra, is a subspecies ...
An earthquake measuring 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale has hit Roshtkhar county in Razavi Khorasan province.
The earthquake occurred at 12:15 local time at Monday noon, and at the depth of 8 kilometers, ...
