Environment

PayvandNews – Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) is preparing a national action plan on preserving the relict species of Caspian Seal in cooperation with the responsible organizations, Mehr reported on Saturday.

Radiofarda – While Iran has stopped releasing any official report on gas flaring levels since early 2015, new statistics published by Planning and Budget Organization indicate that the volume has increased significantly to 17.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2017.

Radiofarda – The debate over the source of an obnoxious stench that engulfed Tehran on Wednesday is still continuing in the capital city of Iran.

Radiofarda – Two days after the setting up an expert team to solve the mystery of an obnoxious odor which is bothering the residents of the Iranian capital, the source of the foul smell has not yet been discovered.

Al-Monitor – Eighteen lawmakers representing constituencies from the central Iranian province of Esfahan, where water scarcity has reached an alarming state, have resigned collectively in a symbolic move against what they believe is an unfair distribution of water resources. In response, their counterparts from three other provinces, which share the same water supplies, hit back. They demanded in a public letter that the heads …

DailyMail – It is one of the worst ecological disasters of recent decades, but the shrinking of Iran’s great Lake Urmia finally appears to be stabilising and officials see the start of a revival.

Radiofarda – In an unprecedented comment, the Friday Prayer Leader of Isfahan, central Iran, has suggested that paying taxes to the government should be “conditional”.

Radiofarda – A local MP from western Iran and nine other members of the Iranian parliament have officially accused President Hassan Rouhani and Islamic Republic officials of neglecting the “tragedy” of deforestation in Western Iran.

Radiofarda – Chilean law enforcement officials are investigating the delivery of Iranian crude oil to state energy company ENAP as a possible source of the noxious fumes that caused hundreds of people to seek hospital treatment in August, a prosecutors’ office told Reuters.

Radiofarda – For the first time, an Iranian environmental official has admitted that fertile soil from farms and pastures is being smuggled abroad.