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"Corruption and mismanagement at the highest levels of the Iranian regime have produced years of environmental exploitation and degradation throughout the country."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2018/oct/…
1)
"Corruption and mismanagement at the highest levels of the Iranian regime have produced years of environmental exploitation and degradation throughout the country."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2018/oct/…
2)
In the past 30 years, the IRGC has been in charge of the construction of hundreds of dams. These dams have changed the natural flows of water which have been redirected away from the communities that need it most.
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
iranfocus.com/en/index.php?o…
In the past 30 years, the IRGC has been in charge of the construction of hundreds of dams. These dams have changed the natural flows of water which have been redirected away from the communities that need it most.
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
iranfocus.com/en/index.php?o…
3)
#Iran's environment is becoming "very fragile" and non-standard gasoline production is resulting in raising air and water pollution.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
iran-hrm.com/index.php/2018…
#Iran's environment is becoming "very fragile" and non-standard gasoline production is resulting in raising air and water pollution.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
iran-hrm.com/index.php/2018…
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“According to the data of The Natural Resources and Forestry Organization, during the past 40 years, the area of the northern forests has gone from 3,600,000 to 1,800,000 hectares,” an MP said in late October 2018.
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
irannewswire.org/islamic-republ…
“According to the data of The Natural Resources and Forestry Organization, during the past 40 years, the area of the northern forests has gone from 3,600,000 to 1,800,000 hectares,” an MP said in late October 2018.
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
irannewswire.org/islamic-republ…
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Iranian experts, NGOs have long been warning against rapid deforestation, almost 70% covered by different species of rare old oak trees.
... illegal logging in oak forests of Fars Province, selling precious timbers at unbelievably low prices.
en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-mps-cri…
Iranian experts, NGOs have long been warning against rapid deforestation, almost 70% covered by different species of rare old oak trees.
... illegal logging in oak forests of Fars Province, selling precious timbers at unbelievably low prices.
en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-mps-cri…
6)
“Iran has built 600 dams over the past three decades, with an average of 20 a year… But Iran has faced a severe drought in recent years, and the dams add to the environmental damage caused by the drought.”
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
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“Iran has built 600 dams over the past three decades, with an average of 20 a year… But Iran has faced a severe drought in recent years, and the dams add to the environmental damage caused by the drought.”
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-dams-di…
7)
I believe the regime in #Iran & its IRGC are deliberately targeting environment activists.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
rferl.org/a/eight-irania…
I believe the regime in #Iran & its IRGC are deliberately targeting environment activists.
#WorldEnvironmentDay
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"The 63-year-old managing director of the group, Kavous Seyed Emami, was also detained but died in prison under disputed circumstances."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
"The 63-year-old managing director of the group, Kavous Seyed Emami, was also detained but died in prison under disputed circumstances."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
9)
"Rather than acting to placate protestors, activists, and experts by amending its harmful policies, the Iranian regime has disregarded their protestations and expert advice, and responded instead with repression."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
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"Rather than acting to placate protestors, activists, and experts by amending its harmful policies, the Iranian regime has disregarded their protestations and expert advice, and responded instead with repression."
#Iran
#WorldEnvironmentDay
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#Iran's plane crash - Feb 2018
Mohammad Reza Tabesh: "A number of environment/natural resources experts, who in recent days defended the work of such activists, lost their lives in this crash."
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#Iran's plane crash - Feb 2018
Mohammad Reza Tabesh: "A number of environment/natural resources experts, who in recent days defended the work of such activists, lost their lives in this crash."
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