Data from the Department of Environment indicate that the concentration of carbon monoxide in Iran’s metropolises has remained well below dangerous levels throughout the past two years and the…
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The 35-article Clean Air Bill was passed by the Majlis Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Commission on Sunday, paving the way for it to be reviewed and passed by the parliament before being…
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Coffee production could be cut by up to 50% by 2050 because of the effects of climate change, a report has found. The coffee industry is worth $19 billion worldwide, with more than 2.25 billion…
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Climate change and drought have led to an increase in the number and variety of pests and plant diseases, which require cutting-edge technology to combat.
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Tehran’s Department of Environment has called on the Ministry of Agriculture and the Water and Wastewater Company to ramp up their monitoring of farmlands in southern Tehran as part of efforts to…
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A new study revealed that that the increasing biofuel use in the US has led to the net increase in carbon dioxide emissions, despite previous studies suggesting that biofuel is carbon neutral.
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Looking for a waterhole to quench her cubs’ thirst, a female cheetah led her three offspring to the palm groves around the quiet town of Bafq in Yazd Province on a hot summer day in 1995.
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Following the dissemination of photos and videos of animal abuse in cyberspace over the past few months, a grassroots campaign has been launched to demand an animal protection law.
The…
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An international research project discovered that human activity has been causing global warming for almost two centuries, proving human-induced climate change is not just a 20th-century…
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Iran’s top authority on forests affairs has taken a tough stance against the ceding of 5,600 hectares of Caspian Hyrcanian forests to the Endowment and Charity Affairs Organizations (known…
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James Cook University, University of Sydney and Queensland University of Technology scientists working with laser data from the Royal Australian Navy have discovered a vast reef behind the…
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Tehran needs strategies and facilities to manage and recycle electronic waste, said a top official at the Tehran office of the Department of Environment.
According to Iran Recycling…
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French Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Minister Segolene Royal arrived in Tehran on Saturday on a three-day visit to discuss environmental issues with top Iranian officials.
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In cooperation with Iran Cyber Police (known as FATA), the Department of Environment has detained 187 suspects involved in poaching, illegal fishing, wildlife trade and animal abuse, most of whom…
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Aside from endangering people’s health, China’s notorious air pollution is making the country’s cities hotter.
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Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafari Montazeri has dispatched a delegation of senior judicial officials to Hormozgan Province to investigate an ochre (red soil) mine on Hormoz Island and Bandar…
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The Management and Planning Organization of Iran has allocated 1 trillion rials (about $28.5 million) for the restoration of Karoun River in Khuzestan Province in the current fiscal year (started…
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Heat waves for one month each year and 10% less precipitation Australia-wide are just some of the impacts predicted even if the globe meets the most optimistic goal of an international climate…
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Some 7.5 hectares of farmlands irrigated with urban and industrial wastewater in southern Tehran Province have been destroyed by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Irrigation of farms with…
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The woolly mammoths may have been extinct for 4,000 years but the ancient animal that scientists believe is closely related to the modern day elephant could get legal protection under wildlife and…
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Figures show a decrease in the country’s water contamination by oil activities in the last Iranian year (ended March 19) compared to the previous year, thanks to stringent measures taken by the…
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The protection unit of Tehran Province’s office of the Department of Environment is set to exercise stricter control over animal markets in Tehran in cooperation with Tehran Municipality.
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Finland’s forest product companies have teamed up with environmental organizations to request more funding for forest conservation.
This spring they appealed to Minister of Agriculture and…
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Residents of the Alaskan village of Shishmaref, have voted to leave their ancestral home. The vote was close: 89 people voted to move Shishmaref to the Alaska mainland while 78 voted to stay and…
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When a group of environmentalists in Arak started a campaign in Markazi Province last December to encourage people to ditch their cars in favor of cleaner modes of transportation for just one day…
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