At a ceremony held on the Japanese Embassy venue in Tehran on Sunday morning, the Japanese authorities and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed an change of notes to implement the challenge.
This grant assist was carried out below the title “Wetland Conservation System Development Plan Including Lake Urmia and its Surrounding Areas.”
The funds is 690 million yen, and the challenge shall be carried out at Lake Urmia in East and West Azarbaijan provinces, Shadegan wetland in Khuzestan province, Parishan wetland in Fars province, and Anzali wetland in Gilan province.
The challenge will develop climate-smart irrigation programs and set up water administration programs. It may also create sustainable industries, resembling ecotourism, geared toward environmental safety and financial improvement in areas surrounding these wetlands.
At the signing ceremony, Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Tamaki Tsukada, Deputy Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, Gulbahor Nematova, and a consultant from Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) gave speeches.
“Over the previous ten years, unwavering assist from the Japanese folks and the Japanese authorities has had a constructive influence on agricultural productiveness and livelihood enchancment in focused communities. Over the subsequent 4 years, we are going to proceed to develop revolutionary and water-efficient We proceed to advertise agricultural practices and scale up for a greater future for everybody,” Nematova stated.
Speaking on the ceremony, the Japanese Ambassador emphasised that Iran has 26 beneficial wetlands registered below the Ramsar Convention, together with Lake Urmiyah, and stated that these wetlands, that are residence to a wide range of species and migratory birds, are internationally acknowledged. He added that it should be conserved in cooperation with society. .
Japan has supported the conservation of Lake Urmia over the previous decade, however additional restoring the wetland requires managing uncontrollable water withdrawals, creating climate-smart irrigation programs, and creating sustainable industries. Creation is crucial. Ecotourism, he stated.
He expressed hope that the brand new challenge signed at this time will contribute to environmental safety and financial improvement within the space surrounding the wetland.
In latest years, Iran has spent tens of millions on infrastructure initiatives to forestall Lake Urmia, Iran’s largest salt lake, from drying up.
Lake Urmia, positioned in northwest Iran, was as soon as the world’s largest everlasting hypersaline lake.
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