The UN General Assembly has elected Norway’s former environment minister Erik Solheim to head the UN environment agency. Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft banged his gavel Friday, signifying the…
Environment
Authorities may have managed to devise a solution to the environmental catastrophe that is the Gotvand Dam in Khuzestan Province, but the plan costs 12 trillion rials ($348 million).
Forests regrown on lands that had been cleared for agriculture in Latin America could play a key role in trapping carbon from the atmosphere and mitigating climate change if they are managed…
Fires that frequently incinerate large portions of Iran’s dwindling forest areas inflict upward of 3.2 trillion rials ($94 million) in damages every year, according to a senior official at the…
A first-of-its-kind documentary series exploring the natural wonders of the Persian Gulf and the ecosystems it supports went on air on Tuesday on the state-owned TV Channel 3. The 14-part series,…
Every year on May 10, environmentalists worldwide celebrate the vast diversity of migratory birds in their countries. In Iran, activists lament their decreasing numbers.
Experts single out…
One in five types of plant worldwide is at risk of extinction from threats such as farming and logging that are wrecking many habitats, a first global overview of plant life said on Tuesday.
The imperiled Jazmourian Wetland in Kerman Province is responsible for 25% of all the particulate matter in dust storms that originate in Iran, according to Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of the…
Thailand has ordered the closure of its only active gold mine by the end of the year, the industry ministry said on Tuesday, in the wake of concerns it was responsible for contamination suffered…
Take a stroll down any one of Iran’s beaches and you are guaranteed to find plastic bags and bottles scattered all over the coastline. While environmentalists try to collect the trash as often as…
Most of the deer which were displaced from a breeding site in Khuzestan Province following heavy flooding last month are believed to be missing but healthy.
Tehran Province Security Council will decide whether or not to halt activities in Tehran’s gravel pits, located in District 18 (southwest).
According to Rahmatollah Hafezi, who chairs the…
To help solve the ongoing (and growing) crisis of global warming, there are constructive ideas and then there are downright insane concepts.
The water level in the Zayandehroud Dam reservoir has declined by 10% to 12% due to low precipitation in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari (where the Zayandehroud River originates) and Isfahan (where the dam…
Come September, all diesel vehicles in Tehran have to be fitted with diesel particulate filters, or DPF, according to Vahid Hosseini, head of the Tehran Air Quality Control Company.
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A deadly fungus has wiped out entire species in Australia, Panama and Madagascar. Now, it is threatening frogs in Africa.
Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific’s Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that could provide valuable insights for future…
The fires incinerating the woodlands of Canada’s Fort McMurray are reminiscent of the countless incidences of wildfire in Iran last year (ended March 19) that wiped out over 18,000 hectares of…
Increased precipitation and melting snow have helped raise the water level of Pirahmad Kandi Wetland by 30 centimeters, IRIB News Agency reported. Furthermore, the wetland has expanded in size,…
The private sector can help improve waste management in Iran, but authorities have so far failed to exploit their full potential, according to a senior official at the Department of Environment.…
The implementation of the Low Emission Zone Plan in Iran, which was ratified in August 2015 by the High Council for Coordination of Urban Traffic, is still hostage to the launch of a centralized…
The Great Barrier Reef will be a “dead ecosystem” in 20 years if Australia does nothing to address its greenhouse gas emissions.
That’s according to the authors of a Climate Council report…
Almost half of the world’s top 500 investors are doing nothing to address climate change through their investments, a study showed on Monday.
The first animal that pops to mind when people talk about endangered species in Iran is the Asiatic cheetah, followed by the Persian fallow deer, caracal, Siberian crane and maybe Pallas’s cat.…
A group of ecologists and senior officials at Iran’s national parks traveled to Austria on Sunday to take part in a week-long training program, the Department of Environment said in a statement on…
