Iran’s diversity in climatic conditions and its rich aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystems are rooted in its unique geography. Pressure has been put on environmental resources and biodiversity. Water limitation normally leads to water allocation rivalry and natural ecosystems…
This is an addendum to the Conservation of Iranian Wetlands Project (CIWP) Phase II –and a complementary step to the first two years of the “Contribution to restoration of Lake Urmia by modelling local community engagement in sustainable agriculture practices…
Recently, new insights into the restoration of Lake Urmia by different stakeholders such as Urmia Lake Restoration Programme, CIWP, DoE, MoJA, MoE stabilized the lake situation to some extent. The latest information from LU monitoring stations in late 2018 show…
This project has been established through the cooperation of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Iranian Department of Environment (DoE). It was brought about because of the drastically worsening condition of Iranian wetlands and…
The project witnessed major events In 2013; the end of the first phase and beginning of a new scale-up phase for replicating CIWP’s achievements at a broader national level. This progress report covers a summary of CIWP’s activities towards safe…
The main activities both for CIWP scale-up and sustainable agriculture projects, during the reporting period, continues to include a) implementation of integrated management plans of LU,LP and SW, including LUB Drought Risk Management plan through establishing monitoring mechanisms in DoE…
Conservation of Iranian Wetlands Project (CIWP) is a joint initiative between the Government of Islamic Republic of Iran (led by the Department of Environment), Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which started in 2005 and was…
The successful completion of the Conservation of Iranian Wetlands project (CIWP) by 2015 led to the formulation of Conservation of Iranian Wetlands Project (Phase II) and the Restoration of Lake Urmia, which aimed to sustain CIWP achievements and upscale its…
It supports development and implementation of Wetlands Integrated Management Plans through inter-sectoral coordination structures for more than 20 Iranian wetlands and puts in place a strong wetlands ecosystem management legislative platform and inter-sectoral administrative structures at national level, supporting implementation…
The project‘s goal is to catalyse the sustainability of Iran‘s system of wetland protected areas (WPAs), thereby enhancing its effectiveness as a tool for conserving globally significant biodiversity. The project‘s objective is to systematically remove or substantially mitigate threats facing…
Main changes to logframe made in November 2009 (post MTE Recommendations) ۱. Shadegan added as project demonstration site (not replication site) ۲. Outputs in Outcomes 1&2 expanded/strengthened to focus on root causes ۳. Emphasis shifted from “wetland protected areas” to…
A four-day introductory training course on integrated wetland management will be held. The course will include lectures, case studies, discussion group sessions and field visits. The template for the course will be the Ramsar Convention’s New Guidelines for Management Planning…
