Final UN report records priorities for international environmental assistance

The final UN report described more than 250 kilometres of tar- or asphalt-covered beaches between Abadan and the Strait of Hormuz. Leaking tankers attacked during the war were considered a possible...

Oil pollution was reported to affect the economic life of more than 20 Persian Gulf islands. The final UN report described losses of mangroves and seagrass and a serious threat to prawn fishing.

Sunken vessels in the Shatt al-Arab threatened fishing livelihoods and surrounding ecology. The final UN report said cargo records were unavailable and called for international help and...

The final UN report relayed Iran’s Health Ministry claim that mines and unexploded ordnance killed or injured at least ten people daily in border areas. It identified continuing explosive hazards...

Iran’s Environmental Protection Organization told the UN team that high costs and specialist requirements had prevented conclusive surveys. The report described the need for detailed studies before...

The final UN report assigned crop and on-farm work to Agriculture, irrigation-water conveyance to Energy, and forests, pastures and fisheries to Construction Jehad. Agricultural recovery therefore...

Iran reported direct agricultural losses equivalent to 7,523 million dollars and reconstruction expenditure of 674 million dollars to date. The final UN report stated that farming represented 80...

Iran prioritized levelling land, restoring irrigation and supplying machinery and livestock to resettled farmers. The final UN report placed orchard, agro-industry, forest and pasture restoration...

The final UN report described levelling about 251,000 hectares of irrigated farmland and 53,730 hectares of rain-fed land in Khuzestan, Ilam and Bakhtaran. About half the associated land and...

Rebuilding needs included 47 large and 300 small pumping stations and deep and medium-depth wells. The final UN report reported about 75 percent recovery of deep wells, with little progress on the...