The head of the international affairs and conventions office of the Department of Environment Seyed Hossein Mousavifar and Turkish Ambassador to Iran Derya rs, discussed the development of diplomacy to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of environment.
In a meeting on Tuesday, Mousavifar expressed hope to develop environmental cooperation ...
United Nations Iran - Saturday marks World Migratory Bird Day which, this year, is raising awareness about the serious threats that plastic pollution poses to bird life, with a call for urgent measures to end the problem.
These include getting caught up infishing gear and other plastic debris; confusing plastic waste with food and eating it, which ...
IRNA -- Head of the UN Environmental Program (UNEP) Erik Solheim said that although Iran still is trying to confront environmental challenges, especially dust particles and Orumiyeh Lake crisis, but it has successful function in managing the challenges.
Solheim, also UN undersecretary, told IRNA on the sidelines of visiting Orumiyeh Lake on Saturday ...
Iran and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) have signed a joint plan of action on managing hazardous wastes and promoting collaborative researches.
The document was signed by Vice President and Head of Iran's Department of the Environment, Massoumeh Ebtekar, and the UNEP Executive Director, Achim Steiner, in the Kenyan capital of ...
Tehran, Sept 12, IRNA -- Vice-president and head of the Department of Environment urged the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to take a legal and practical move towards finding due solution to the issue of dust in the region.
Massoumeh Ebtekar made the remark in a meeting with Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UNEP.
Ebtekar held ...
Tehran, July 27, IRNA -- Ensuring consumption and production patterns is the essential requirement of the Sustainable Development, UN Information Center in Tehran said in an article co-authored by Arab Hoballah and Sandra Averous of UNEP.
They said in the article that Goal 12 of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) proposed by the Open Working ...
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The Montreal Protocol is arguably the most successful international agreements penned.
How can this success be measured? ...
Iranian government continues measures on tackling with the shoaling problem of the Lake Urmia that is experiencing its worst drought condition for many years.
An Iranian official has said the administration allocated 3.7 billion rials (about $139 million based on official rate of 26,600 rials per $1) to implement projects aimed at revival of Lake ...