The Ministry of the Environment (DOE) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have expanded their partnership by signed a three -year understanding memorandum (MOU) to save the Iranian wetland project in Japan.
MOU was signed by ISNA, a vice-owned deputy of Iran’s UNDP DOE, SHINA ANSARI, and AyShanie Medagangoda-Labé’s UNDP, and reported by ISNA at a Tuesday meeting in BUSHEHR.
The conservation of the Iranian wetland project (CIWP), which started in 2005, has helped protect Iranian wetlands through the ecosystem -based management approach.
During the meeting, Stefan Priena, a UN resident of Iran, stated that this MOU and its expansion were one of the most important pillars of the UN Roadmap wetland conservation.
He added that Iran played an important role in establishing the Ramsar Convention and emphasized that the Ramsar Convention was one of the early international agreements on sustainable development.
The authorities continued, saying, “We are facing the triple environmental crisis such as climate change, biodiversity crisis, and air pollution. The United Nations is an accurate and consistent plan to solve these three problems. There is.
The bystanders of the event announced a roadmap for conservation of Iranian environment and biodiversity.
Iranian wetland conservation project
The wetland is an important ecosystem and is known as the kidney of the earth. These ecosystems use naturally clean water from floods, charge the underground water layers, and maintain the flow of ground water during the drying period.
Iran geography is clear and full of diverse landscapes. There are various wetlands in this country, of which 27 were listed in the International Lamb Convention.
CIWP, which was funded by the global environmental facility (GEF) from 2005 to 2014, focuses on maintenance of sustainable agriculture and biodiversity by promoting UNDP and DOE to participate in wetland management. I have it.
This many years of collaboration has been possible through the continuous generosity of Japanese people and the government over the past decade (2014-2024). Based on this support, in December 2024, UNDP welcomed new contributions from Japan to manage Iran’s wetland management and further increase climate.
Lake Urmia, an important habitat of many plants and animal species, functioned as the first pilot site of CIWP, gradually expanded to Buff Tegan and Shaden wetlands, and later expanded to anzari wetlands.
This project is income and sustainable to reduce the pressure on rare water resources and increase the community resilience for the other climate change through one climate of agriculture and high water efficiency. The purpose is to promote the diversification of livelihood.
For the past decade, CIWP has supported 14,732 farmers in 269 villages. With this support, the use of irrigation water in the pilot location in the Urmia basin has been reduced by 30 %, and the wetlands of buffed guns and shades have been reduced by 27.7 %.
In these areas, this project increases crop production by 22.5 % and reduces input of chemicals such as fertilizers and pesticides by more than 25 %. These initiatives have greatly improved the agricultural yields and crop quality of the Urmia basin, Buff Tegan and shade gun wetlands and the quality of crops.
Furthermore, in order to enhance access to the digital market of local producers, 11 in the eastern and West Azerbaijan in the eastern and West Azerbaijan as a point that local producers package, sell and sell products on a digital platform. The digital mini hub is established to provide practical ones. A guide on how the appropriate digital solution can strengthen social welfare and prosperity through social welfare and prosperity.
Experience has shown that providing living means that depends on wetland can ultimately reduce pressure and maintain these valuable ecosystems and biodiversity supported by them.
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