Construction of an artificial pond in East Azarbaijan Province, illegally using the water share of the troubled Urmia Lake, was immediately put to a stop on the order of the Department of…
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Although the cities and villages of Khuzestan Province are still grappling with the thick smoke rising from the wildfire in the Iraqi side of Hour-al Azim wetland, Iran has suspended its fire…
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Several days of intensive veterinary treatment failed to save a male Asiatic Cheetah cub that suffered a severe spinal injury in a road accident last week.
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Storm clouds gathered over southern Oregon and northern California early on Wednesday, threatening to spark more wildfires with lightning strikes as emergency crews battled several deadly blazes…
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Manmade global warming and a natural surge in earth's surface temperature will join forces to make the next five years exceptionally hot, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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Austrian Ambassador in Tehran Stefan Scholz expressed his side’s readiness to engage in academic cooperation with Iran on resolving the water crisis.
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Head of Iran’s Department of Environment instructed officials in southwestern Fars Province to prepare an urgent plan to revive the embattled Bakhtegan Lake in cooperation with a local…
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The Department of Environment announced plans to install 16 dust monitoring stations in southern and southeastern regions of the country.
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Soil degradation is an exacerbating crisis in Iran that has been grossly neglected as a pressing issue which requires prompt action, director of the Department of Environment warned.
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France plans to introduce a penalty system next year that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled plastic, part of a pledge to use only recycled plastic…
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Some governors in the US West say a new directive by the administration of President Donald Trump threatens to undermine a hard-won compromise aimed at saving a beleaguered bird scattered across…
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More efforts are needed to protect a key wildlife habitat in Miandasht, South Khorasan Province, for Asiatic cheetahs, a critically endangered species, said the top official at the provincial…
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The Department of Environment and the High Council of Provinces signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to enhance the protection of natural resources in line with the Article 50 of the…
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A court in Hurand, East Azarbaijan Province, has sentenced two animal abusers to 500 hours of community service. "The two were convicted of animal cruelty and sentenced to do 500 hours of unpaid…
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Iran's Red Crescent Society has started a scheme to support the residents of the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan whose livelihood has been severely affected by a lingering drought.…
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Iran's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution on reducing greenhouse gas emissions will soon be submitted to the Parliament for ratification before making its way to the Guardians Council…
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A rodent thought to be extinct in Abu Dhabi is among two animals that have been caught on camera, bringing hope that other endangered critters may also be living in the emirate, however…
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A wildlife charity set up a fake online ivory shop in Singapore, attracting widespread condemnation, in a stunt to underline local laws which it says continue to facilitate illicit ivory trade…
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A pod of more than 30 endangered Chinese white dolphins, affectionately nicknamed the "pandas of the sea", was filmed swimming in southern China earlier this week by a marine mammal research…
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The Iranian national workgroup to combat dust storms has put it on its agenda for this year to prepare a joint comprehensive scheme in cooperation with Syria and Iraq under the oversight of the…
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An Asiatic cheetah has been struck by a car on the Tehran-Mashhad road in the vicinity of Khartouran National Park, Semnan Province.
According to Ali Abbas Damangir, head of the…
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A team of veterinarians and environmental experts have been tasked with saving a sickly six-year-old leopard in the Mashhad Zoo, after footage of the captive animal being mistreated sparked a…
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Patrolling in the heights of Khorand Village in Ravar County, Kerman Province, Ali Khajoui, a park ranger, came across three poachers who opened fire and killed him on the spot on Monday.…
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The population of brown trout species, endemic to Haraz River in Mazandaran Province, was successfully protected against the invasive rainbow trout thanks to a project spearheaded by the…
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With scorching weather broiling the Northern Hemisphere this summer and setting off forest fires in the Arctic region, environment experts link the phenomenon to greenhouse gas emissions and…
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