Tasnim Head of Irans Environmental Protection Organization (IEPO) Isa Kalantari said the country should use foreign funds to save Lake Oroumiyeh, the largest saltwater lake in the Middle East. Speaking at a meeting with the representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution in East Azarbaijan Province on Saturday, Kalantari raised the alarm about ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Japans government is going to make a contribution of about $3.7 million in aid for a FAO program to resuscitate the endangered Lake Oroumiyeh in northwest of Iran. In a Wednesday ceremony in Tehran, the Japanese government and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed an agreement to promote cooperation ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) Iranian deputy minister of energy has announced a new plan to save Urmia Lake. Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Alireza Daemiannounced cessation of construction of four large damsin UrmiaLakebasin, the largest lake inthe Middle East and one of the unique ecosystems of the world. Describing the Lakes latest statusas well ...

Restrictions on agricultural activities in the region are one measure being taken by the Iranian government in order to save the rapidly drying Urmia Lake. According to the new plan, a large expanse of land watered by the Zarineh River will have a temporary ban on agricultural activities. The plan has been entitled the No Planting Project. The ...

[caption id="attachment_118844" align="alignright" width="172"] Lake Urmia is situated in North West of Iran and it has been shrinking at an alarming rate. Considerable part of it has been lost[/caption] Lake Urmiais one of the largest inland lakes. It is situated in North West of Iran. This vast lake which is a Ramsar Site, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve ...

WEST AZERBAIJAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) Japan ambassador to Tehran has said his country would cooperate with Iran to save Urmia Lake. Koji Honda in a meeting with West Azerbaijan governor expressed Japan willingness for expansion of economic, commercial, scientific and industrial ties between the two countries in different fields He pointed to bilateral ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Construction of three dams around the drying Lake Oroumiyeh in northwest of Iran has been shelved in a bid to save one of the world's largest saltwater lakes from disappearing, Iranian Energy Minster announced. Speaking at a provincial meeting in Irans West Azarbaijan province on Saturday, Hamid Chitchian said save Lake Oroumiyeh ...

Irans Department of the Environment had announced that the minister of power has accepted the plan to dismantle a number of dams in order to revive Lakes Oroumiyeh and Hamoon. Esmail Kahrom, the Department of the Environment aide for natural resources, said the Ministry of Power has concluded that building dams on rivers has led to the drying of Oroumiyeh ...

Irans Minister of Power announced on Sunday that his ministry has already begun the process of transferring water to rapidly drying Lake Oroumiyeh but he added that the government faces a shortage of funds in this regard. The Fars News Agency reports that Hamid Chitchian said on Sunday June 15 that the process of replenishing the lake will take time ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian energy minister underlined the government's determination to save the endangered Lake Oroumiyeh in northwest of the country, which has lost more than sixty percent of its surface in recent years. We will make every effort to prevent the drying up trend in Lake Oroumiyeh, Hamid Chitchian told Tasnim in Irans northwestern ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iranian Department of Environment (DOE) has a special plan for saving the Oroumiyeh Lake and wants to make sure it can help arrest the crisis and revert the late to its previous situation, vice president and head of DOE said here Wednesday. In the first session of the cabinet ministers there was a ratification on saving ...