Decline in Iran’s Groundwater Recharge
Groundwater scarcity in Iran has reached alarming levels, posing a severe threat to the country's water and food security. The study, spanning from 2002 to 2017, reveals a staggeri...
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Drying Up Unrest in Rural Iran Over Water Scarcity
Several demonstrators were arrested by Iranian police over the weekend at protests near Lake Urmia, a former tourist hotspot that has dried up significantly since the mid-1990s, fo...
Read →A Successful Method To Increase Drinking Water Capacity And Managing Agricultural Water Supply
Lack of water resources and providing safe water has always been a serious challenge in the MENA[1] region, where, it has become more and more difficult, regarding climate change a...
Read →Irrigation Water Management in Iran: Growing Need for Action
Only 2.7 percent of global water is available as freshwater with an appropriate quality; out of which, only 30 percent can be applied to answer human and livestock demands accordin...
Read →Iran Attempts to Reverse the Decline of the Region's Largest Saltwater Lake
Lake Urmia, a source of culture, identity and livelihood for a large portion of the Iranian population, now faces 'critical conditions', according to the United Nations Development...
Read →Iran Attempts to Reverse the Decline of
Lake Urmia, a source of culture, identity and livelihood for a large portion of the Iranian population, now faces critical conditions , according to the United Nations Development...
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