Having enlisted help from friendly nations in the developed world to address Iran’s environmental problems, the National Environment Fund aims to accelerate the development of green technologies,…
Environment
As young boys plunge into a murky dam to escape the blistering afternoon sun, armed guards stand vigil at one of the few remaining water bodies in a state hit hard by India’s crippling drought.
A tanker truck carrying an undisclosed amount of mazut collided with a truck carrying timber on the Poldokhtar-Khorramabad road in Lorestan Province, with the entire payload of the tanker ending…
Starving women are being attacked by packs of hyenas in drought-hit Somaliland, an aid agency has warned.
People in the East African state say it is the worst drought in living memory,…
More tigers have been killed in India already this year than in the whole of 2015, a census showed Friday, raising doubts about the country’s anti-poaching efforts.
The Wildlife Protection…
The number of wildlife fatalities in Sorkheh Hesar region in east Tehran has reached 25, baffling environmentalists and officials who have not yet discovered the cause of death.
Fifteen…
The highly contentious issue of transferring water from the Caspian Sea through Mazandaran Province to Semnan Province is not final yet, as feasibility studies are still being conducted on the…
Kenya was to set fire to more than 100 tons of ivory on Saturday in a move aimed at showing its commitment to saving Africa’s population of elephants. According to local media, President Uhuru…
With public joy over the considerable increase in Lake Urmia’s water level dissipating, many are beginning to wonder whether to attribute the lake’s progress to the government’s restoration…
Shepherds in Khuzestan Province will soon be banned from using wetland pastures to feed their livestock.
Iran Cyber Police will track down and prosecute people who share images and/or videos depicting animal abuse online, according to Col. Alireza Azarderakhsh, head of the department of cybercrime…
Damage caused by drought in the protected areas of Yazd Province is estimated at close to 940 billion rials ($27.5 million) since the beginning of the current water year (started September 22,…
Some 60 million people worldwide need assistance due to havoc wreaked by the El Nino climate phenomenon, but a shortage of funding could threaten the delivery of life-saving aid, the UN warned…
Advent of summer reminds most people of long vacations by the beach, but for the denizens of the Iranian capital it also means something else: whiteflies and the unending blame game some officials…
The mangrove forests of the Gando Protected Area in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province are growing at a slow but steady pace.
According to Shahram Fadakar, deputy head of the Coasts…
A British government plan to tackle air pollution in five major cities in the United Kingdom by 2020 will not be enough and more urgent action needs to be taken, lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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Rural residents and shepherds across Iran are now insured against loss inflicted by the Persian leopard, thanks to a memorandum of understanding signed between the Department of Environment and…
The Department of Environment is open to issuing permits to interested individuals to set up private game farms and ranches to breed specific animals, such as wild goats and mouflons, for hunting…
Wildlife groups plan to relocate 80 rhinoceros from South Africa to Australia in a bid to prevent them being hunted to extinction.
Poaching is on the rise in Africa, driven by demand from…
A scathing new study has been released suggesting that 97 percent of all modern diesel-powered cars fail to meet emissions standards when subjected to real-world testing.
The Global Environment Fund will provide financial aid to a joint effort by the Department of Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme to combat dust storms.
President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday instructed the Agriculture Ministry to enforce the measures outlined in an international agreement that aim to promote sustainable use of the Caspian Sea and…
The controversial project to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to the drought-hit Semnan Province in north central Iran via a 150-kilometer pipeline is both costly and destructive, according to…
Leaders from more than 170 nations signed the landmark climate change pact known as the Paris Agreement on Friday during an Earth Day ceremony in New York.
The event, held at the United…
Some 18,000 hectares of Iran’s forests and grasslands were destroyed by wildfires during the last Iranian year (March 2015-16), according to the head of the Forests, Range and Watershed Management…
