Department of Environment of Iran directs several activities in order to

protect wetland habitats and to mitigate the threats they are facing.

Conservation of Iranian Wetlands Project is an example of one of these

joint initiatives among the Government of Islamic republic of Iran, GEF and

UNDP.

Following the signing ceremony in 2005, the project moved into the

Inception Phase in 2006, when the Inception workshop was held. The total

GEF budget of this project is 3.287 Million dollars, with 9.19 million cofinancing from the government of IRI and 0.6 million dollars from

government of Netherlands and the duration of the project is 7 years.