The Department of Environment (DOE) is scheduled to implement the first phase of the Hyrcanian forests sustainable management project in the next Iranian calendar year, which will start on March 21.

UNESCO has voted to add Iran’s Hyrcanian forests and Iraq’s Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon to its list of World Heritage Sites. The announcement was made by the UN Educational, Scientific, and ...

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The Hyrcanian Forests form a green arc of forest, separated from the Caucasus to the west and from semi-desert areas to the east: a unique forested massif that extends from south-eastern Azerbaijan ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran has asked for international assistance to contain a fire that is burning through the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hyrcanian forests in the north of the country. "We are ...

TEHRAN: Iran has requested foreign assistance in extinguishing a large fire that has ravaged Unesco World Heritage-listed forests in the north of the country for several days, local media reported on ...

A wildfire burning for more than a week in drought-stricken Iran has razed portions of the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, a UNESCO World Heritage site home to many endangered species. On Sunday, Turkey ...

Recognised as a Unesco World Heritage site in 2019, the Hyrcanian forests host over 3,200 plant species and date back 25–50 million years. (EPA Images pic) Iran has requested foreign assistance in ...

TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have imposed a temporary ban on public access to most forested areas as the country struggles to extinguish a fire in a Unesco World Heritage-listed site. The fire in ...

Hyrcanian Forests, spanning from Azerbaijan into Iran, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the planet's oldest surviving temperate broadleaf ecosystems dating back 25–50 million years, face ...