More than two-thirds of Iran’s wetlands are at risk
According to the deputy head of the Environmental Protection Organization, the rate of natural resource consumption in Iran is three times its capacity. The increase in air temperature has confronted Iran with serious crises, and this country plays an effective role in the emergence of this situation.
Iran is grappling with diverse environmental problems, and mismanagement and incorrect policies of recent decades have played a significant role in exacerbating them.
The deputy for development management, legal affairs and parliamentary matters at the Environmental Protection Organization stated that the rate of temperature increase in Iran is higher than the global average, saying: “Greenhouse gases play an effective role in temperature increase, and Iran is among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.”
Mohammad Mojabi, on Thursday afternoon (June 15), in a meeting to review the state of Iran’s and the world’s environment in Rasht, announced the existence of a plan according to which developed countries are supposed to make the results of their research available to developing countries regarding the impact of greenhouse gases on climate change, so that these countries are encouraged to reduce the production of these gases.
According to Tasnim news agency, the deputy head of the Environmental Protection Organization in this meeting mentioned the increase of suspended particles in the air and the dust phenomenon as one of the environmental challenges of the world and Iran.
In recent years, the prolongation of drought periods, the reduction of rainfall, and the excessive use of water resources, especially in traditional agriculture, has led to the decrease of groundwater levels and the drying up of most of Iran’s wetlands and lakes.
Mismatch between consumption and resources
Mojabi in the aforementioned meeting said: “The rate of consumption of biological resources in the country is three times the capacity of resources, and in terms of consumption, we rank 17th in the world and in terms of resources, we are ranked 107th in the world.”
The deputy for legal affairs and parliamentary matters at the Environmental Protection Organization, pointing out that 75 percent of Iran’s wetlands are at risk, noted that the restoration of 20 wetlands has been provided for in the sixth development plan.
Source: DW
