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2025-02-03 15:55
Children planting Hyrcanian saplings
A group of children took part in a campaign on Sunday, planting saplings endemic to Hyrcanian forests in northern Golestan province.
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2024-06-25 17:44
UNESCO inscription anniversary of Abr Forest celebrated
Today, a group of nature lovers and environmental enthusiasts gathered in the Abr Forest to celebrate its anniversary of being inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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2023-12-02 15:27
Community-based waste management plans launched
TEHRAN – Two pilot programs for community-based waste management are being implemented in two villages of Mazandaran province to reduce the accumulation of waste in the Hyrcanian Forests, also known as Caspian Forest.
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2023-11-12 17:32
Qal’eh Rudkhan, a historical gem in northern Iran, undergoes restoration
TEHRAN – A restoration project has commenced on Qal’eh Rudkhan, which is a top tourist destination in northern Iran.
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2023-11-04 22:19
Iranian films participating in Spanish environmental festival
TEHRAN-Six short films from Iran are present at the 30th SUNCINE International Environmental Film Festival, which was launched in Barcelona, Spain, on November 2.
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2023-09-17 18:22
Site extension: Iran, Azerbaijan share UNESCO label for Hyrcanian Forests
TEHRAN – On Sunday, Azerbaijan’s Hirkan Forest made it onto the United Nation’s list for Natural World Heritage as an extension to Iran’s previously designated Hyrcanian Forests.
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2023-09-08 18:31
Iran eyes new UNESCO labels as World Heritage committee is to vote in Riyadh
TEHRAN — Having 26 World Heritage labels, Iran has put forward its Persian Caravanserai and the Cultural Landscape of Masouleh as new candidates for inclusion in the prestigious cultural heritage list.
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2023-06-14 16:46
Simple life in Hyrcanian forest
A couple of families are living a simple life in Lafoor village located in the heart of the Hyrcanian forest, northern Mazandaran province.
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2022-11-29 18:44
$3.7m allocated to protect northern forests
TEHRAN – A total of 1.3 trillion rials (nearly $3.7 million) was earmarked to implement the technical and protection plan for forests in the northern part of the country.
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2022-11-18 17:39
Hyrcanian Forests worthy to become tourism hub, official says
TEHRAN – The UNESCO-registered Hyrcanian Forests in the northern province of Gilan hold the potential to become a unique tourism hub of the country, the province’s governor-general has said.
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2022-08-22 19:24
Off-road vehicles, unlicensed tours banned from entering Abr forest
“The entry of off-road vehicles and [package] tours without official permission to the desert and forest areas, especially Hyrcanian Abr forest, is prohibited,” Mehr quoted Morteza Nazari as saying on Sunday.
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2022-07-23 21:00
Hyrcanian Forests World Heritage registration anniversary celebrated
TEHRAN – On Friday, a host of nature lovers and cultural heritage and tourism officials of the northern province of Gilan celebrated the third registration anniversary of Hyrcanian Forests on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
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2022-03-06 22:00
Cable car installation poses no threat to Hyrcanian forests, official says
TEHRAN – Plan to install a cable car system in the northern province of Golestan poses no threat to the UNESCO-registered Hyrcanian forests, a senior advisor to the tourism minister has said.