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2023-12-03 15:19
Iranians welcome tree-planting campaign
A national plan kicked off on Saturday for planting up to one billion trees across the country.
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2023-12-02 15:27
Plan to plant 1 billion trees kicks off
TEHRAN – A national plan with the aim of planting up to one billion trees across the country to combat desertification and restore forests commenced today.
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2023-08-22 15:46
Desertification haunting Golestan environment
Water scarcity, high temperatures, low rainfall, and dust storms are among the environmental problems of the northern Golestan province.
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2023-06-21 14:06
FAO delineates activities to combat desertification, drought in Iran
TEHRAN - Yubak Dhoj G C, the representative ad interim of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to Iran, has expounded on activities to combat desertification and drought in the country.
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2023-06-17 16:42
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Desertification: the greatest challenge to sustainable development
TEHRAN - Desertification is a phenomenon that ranks among the greatest environmental challenges of our time.
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2022-09-21 19:41
Desertification control plan on agenda
TEHRAN – The desertification control program is on the agenda to maintain the biological security of the country along with food security, Abbas-Ali Nobakht, head of the Forests, Rangelands, and Watershed Management Organization (FRWMO), has said.
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2022-06-24 16:35
By Faranak Bakhtiari
How desertification control affects rural migration?
TEHRAN – Ignoring desertification, in addition to rising sand and dust storms, causes unfavorable climatic conditions for living and leads to the migration of villagers.
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2022-06-17 17:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Droughts may affect three-quarters of the world by 2050
TEHRAN – The United Nations has warned that droughts may affect over three-quarters of the world’s population by 2050.
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2022-05-04 16:45
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Desertification and how to deal with it
Desertification comes majorly from overexploitation of underground water resources and contamination of water through releasing industrial and agricultural waste into the environment.
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2022-04-29 18:31
Plan on desertification mitigation drawn up for West Asia
TEHRAN – Part of the desertification mitigation program for West Asia is prepared to be implemented by the countries of the region, Ali Mohammad Tahmasebi, head of the national working group for mitigating SDSs, has said.
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2021-11-14 17:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Desertification intensifies: will management policies be revised?
TEHRAN – While Iran is facing an intensified trend of desertification, desert greening operations should be carried out across more than one million hectares of land according to the Sixth National Development Plan (2016-2021), but the progress has been much less than projected.
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2021-10-12 17:55
Iran, China to develop co-op on combating desertification
TEHRAN – Iran and China discussed ways on Monday to enhance cooperation on combating desertification, ISNA reported.