The first comprehensive map of ocean wilderness has revealed that just 13% of the world's oceans remain untouched by the damaging impacts of human activities, scientists said.
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Landslides in northern Thailand, triggered by days of heavy downpours, killed seven people on Saturday and left one missing, an official said. All of the victims lived in the mountainous…
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An environment protection official pledged intensified efforts to deal with the grievances of park rangers over lack of an insurance coverage, outstanding pay and a staff shortage.
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Statistics provided by the Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization show that the area of wildfires in forests and woodlands during the first quarter of the current Iranian year,…
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Common methods will not help the revival of Urmia Lake and more compatible strategies well suited to the current climatic conditions of the region are needed to meet the objective, a deputy at…
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A New England ocean science center says whale watchers off Iceland caught an extremely rare glimpse of an endangered right whale near their country. The North Atlantic right whale was spotted…
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Extreme weather continued to affect much of the United States on Tuesday. Heat waves feeding wildfires in the West and flooding in the East have at least 1 in 5 Americans dealing with…
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A scheme on reviving the great bustard, a rare bird species inhabiting West Azarbaijan Province, has recently been approved and will soon be implemented with a budget of five billion rials ($0.…
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Eliminating an unpleasant stench plaguing the road to Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport is high on the agenda of the Department of Environment's provincial office in Tehran.
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Following growing debate over the environmental impact of Bauxite mining in Mount Shahvar in Shahroud, Semnan Province, Deputy Minister for Industries, Mining and Trade Jafar Sarqeini made a…
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Urban development has once again encroached on the boundaries of the so-called protected area in Kazeroun, Fars Province, which is a natural habitat of the rare Persian fallow deer.
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An amber or level 3 "heat health watch warning" has been issued for parts of England this week. The MET Office is urging people to either stay out of the sun or avoid being in the sun when it is…
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With two years to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese capital is hoping to use the games as motivation to improve its environmental sustainability.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike…
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High-level representatives from Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan signed the Environment Impact Assessment Protocol under the Tehran Convention during an…
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Under a recent directive by the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, the Department of Environment's Protection Unit is now entitled to a share of the state budget.
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Fire extinguishing equipment dispatched to the Iraqi part of Hour-al Azim Marshes have started their operations to put out the wildfire which is still burning the reeds, a senior official at the…
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While climate change is said to have exacerbated Iran's already prevailing water shortage, experts maintain it is the absence of proper management of resources that has plunged the country into…
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Production cuts in China's mammoth steel sector will vary from mill to mill next autumn and winter, said an environmental ministry official, as the country shifts away from a "one size fits all…
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Seagulls have hit record numbers in Australia's Tasmania island state, baffling ornithologists and animal watchers who also highlighted the birds' changing food supply and nesting areas, latest…
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Fire extinguishing equipment will soon be dispatched to the Iraqi part of Hour-al Azim Marshes to put out the wildfire still burning the reeds, a senior official at the Department of Environment…
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Iranian delegations took part in two major UN environmental events this week namely the interactive dialogue on sand and dust storms and the 24th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry.…
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Summer temperatures are expected to continue rising in the coming days, with some provinces forecast to see temperatures well above the 30-year average.
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Due to pollution, the majority of European rivers, lakes and estuaries fall below the minimum environmental standards, a report by the European Environment Agency reveals.
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Vietnam has ordered vessels back to port and prepared evacuation plans in flood-prone northern provinces as tropical storm Son Tinh was expected to make landfall later on Wednesday.
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A weather expert associated the recent rise in air pollution in the capital Tehran to the higher ozone levels due to summer heat, dismissing social media reports that it poses a collective,…
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