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week, 11 plans costing 500 billion rials (about $1 million) are scheduled to be inaugurated by the national fund for the environment, IRNA
reported.Moreover, some 300 educational, cultural, and scientific programs are to be implemented across the country.The first day of the
environment week (June 6) is named after global-regional diplomacy, climate change and water management, and implementation of dust
reduction strategies.Other days of the week have been named as follows:June 7: Biodiversity and protection of endangered plant and animal
species with the participation of local communities,June 8: Environment, environmentalists, promoting the culture of sacrifice and
martyrdom,June 9: Environment, media, religious teachings, social responsibility,June 10: Environment, green industry, waste, and
knowledge-based sustainable development,June 11: Environment, sea-based economy, wetlands tourism, employment, facilitating processes, and
production growth,June 12: Environment, new technologies, fertilizers, and voluntary partnershipsStrengthening knowledge and raising
awareness and giving hope to the people through the national media and other mass communication media, exploiting the capacity and social
influence of artists, athletes, and elites in the direction of creating a culture of environmental protection, and laying the groundwork for
the maximum participation of non-governmental organizations in holding weekly programs Environment through environment houses are among the
objectives of the national environment week.Appreciating voluntary actions in the field of wildlife, collection of waste from wildlife
habitats by local communities, promotion of the culture on protecting animal species, support of new environmentally friendly technologies
with the approach of supporting the purchase of goods made in Iran, holding educational workshops for different classes of people and
performing waste clean-up ceremonies in environmental areas at the entry points of cities in view of the beginning of summer holidays are
among the approaches and implementation policies of this year's environment week.Led by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and
held annually on June 5 since 1973, World Environment Day is the largest global platform for environmental public outreach and is celebrated
by millions of people across the world.More than 400 million tons of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to
Of that, less than 10 percent is recycled.An estimated 19-23 million tons end up in lakes, rivers, and seas annually
way into food, water, and air
considered.Discarded or burnt single-use plastic harms human health and biodiversity and pollutes every ecosystem from mountain tops to the
ocean floor.With available science and solutions to tackle the problem, governments, companies, and other stakeholders must scale up and
speed up actions to solve this crisis.This underscores the importance of this World Environment Day in mobilizing transformative action from
every corner of the world.About 185,000 tons of plastic are produced annually in the country, which cannot be returned to nature, so we must
be very active in the field of collecting plastic waste and recycling them so that it can be used in other products by turning into raw
materials of industries, Mehdi Khadem-Sameni, an official with the Department of Environment, has said.The executive regulation on reducing
the consumption of plastic bags was prepared and submitted to the cabinet of ministers and was approved in October 2022 in coordination with
other agencies such as the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry
of Industry, the Ministry of Education, and the National Standards Organization, he explained.The regulation was drafted in 10 articles, he
said, adding that the Ministry of Industry is obliged to develop a five-year plan to annually produce 20 percent of the production capacity
Ministry of Industry in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior will prepare a guideline to reduce waste production and limit the
Revolution, announced the general policies on the environment, emphasizing the need for comprehensive, harmonious, and organized management
of vital resources based on ecological capability and sustainability, particularly by increasing capacities and appropriate legal and
structural capabilities accompanied by public participation.President Ebrahim Raisi has highlighted the importance of environmental
protection, emphasizing that the preservation of the environment is prior to every development.Environmental protection will lead to power,
security, investment, and production growth in the country, he said.Both people and NGOs have an effective role to play in the protection of
the environment, and they should be given a chance to play their role, he added.MG
