INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
towards cleaner, greener lifestyles
Only One Earth was the motto for the 1972 Stockholm Conference; 50 years on, the motto holds true - this planet is our only home, whose
the 1972 Stockholm Conference that led to the creation of UNEP and designating June 5 every year as World Environment Day.Iran has a high
diversity of species due to geographical conditions, climatic diversity, huge water resources of the Caspian Sea in the north and the
Persian Gulf, and the Sea of Oman in the south.Iran also marks the day during a week, each day of the week has been assigned a special theme
protection in IranTo preserve the existing biodiversity over the wide geographic expanse of Iran, four types of areas have been designated
for preservation and protection, including, national parks, wildlife refuges, protected areas, and natural national monuments
In 1997, the DOE held supervision over 7,563,983 hectares of such areas.Currently, the supervised areas reached about 18.5 million hectares,
including, 30 national parks, 170 protected areas, 45 wildlife refuges, and 37 national natural monuments.Iran has a high diversity of
species due to geographical conditions, climatic diversity, huge water resources of the Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf, and
the Sea of Oman in the south.According to the latest studies, about 1,300 species of vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles,
amphibians, and aquatic fish, about 30,000 species of invertebrates, and 8,000 species of plants have been identified in the
country.Unfortunately, over the past two decades, human activities have led to alarming degradation of ecosystems, deletion of genes,
species, and biological capabilities; Human threats to biodiversity have accelerated the most over the past 50 years over the entire history
