An Iranian environmental official says water resources have been fully restored to the Jazmourian wetland, one of the largest of its kind in the central plateau of Iran, thanks to the recent rainfalls and flood
Citing satellite maps, Marjan Shakeri, the director-general of the Environment Department of Iran’s southeastern Kerman Province, told Tasnim news agency on Sunday that 100 percent of Jazmourian was now full of water and the wetland had even overflown to adjacent villages in the wake of the recent downpours.
Over the past years, Jazmourian — the only water source for Kerman Province — has been on the verge of complete desiccation due to climate change, excessive dam construction, low precipitation, high temperature rates, and the depletion of groundwater resources.
“This year, the region has seen the best rainfalls in the past 40 years and the wetland has been filled up with water to the highest level,” she said.
The official said efforts were underway by local environment authorities in the provinces of Kerman and Sistan-and-Balouchestan, between which the wetland is nestled, to draw up a comprehensive 20-year plan to revive Jazmourian, which has turned into a seasonal wetland due to consecutive dry spells.
An Israeli attack targeting a building in central Beirut has killed Hezbollah’s spokesman Mohammad Afif,…
Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, Iran’s Minister of Defense, met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in…
Zeynab Alipour, a dedicated journalist for Jam-e Jam newspaper, passed away on Saturday evening due…
Blasts rang out across Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and other cities early on Sunday, as Russia…
At least 50 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a five-story residential building in…
Outgoing US President Joe Biden met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Lima, Peru, to discuss…