As climate change and poor management cause greater water scarcity, Tehran and much of Iran are sinking from land subsidence.

(Beyond Pesticides, August 2, 2021) One reason to eat organic food is to join with a crucial national and global campaign to eliminate toxic, petroleum-based pesticides and fertilizers and protect ecosystems in the urgent fight to curtail the climate crisis and biodiversity decline—in addition to local and immediate health and environmental benefits. Despite an important and timely vote by the ...

Project Lion, envisaged with the objective of preserving the Asiatic lions and averting any risk of their extinction, will not have the big cats translocated anywhere outside the state after all. The Rs 1,300 crore Project Lion recommends setting up of eight satellite habitats for the king of the jungle apart from the Gir sanctuary in its native Saurashtra itself.