Iran has reported a major increase in water levels at Lake Urmia, nearly a decade after the government kicked off a massive restoration program to prevent the lake from drying up.

Japan has pledged JPY690mn ($4.6mn) to revive Lake Urmia and improve wetland management across Iran, officials announced at a signing ceremony with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP ...

Lake Urmia in the north-western West Azarbaijan province started to dry up in the 2000s. The lake is the largest in West Asia and the sixth-largest salt lake in the world with a water surface area of ...

Iran announced a substantial rise in water levels at Lake Urmia, Northwestern Iran, nearly a decade after launching a large-scale restoration initiative aimed at preventing the lake from drying up.

Lake Urmia, located in northwest Iran, is one of the largest saline lakes in the world. Over the past few decades, it has faced severe environmental challenges, primarily due to human activities ...

TABNAK, Jan 29: A local subsidiary of Iran’s Energy Ministry in West Azerbaijan province, where Lake Urmia is located, said that the amount of water in the lake had increased by 0.19 billion cubic ...

Azerbaijani Turks in Iran endure discrimination and cultural oppression. Changes in Tehran have not improved the situation, ...

Documenting the environmental changes happening in Lake Urmia in Iran, the series is a reminder of the ongoing impact our environmental misunderstandings have in every corner of the world. “Lake Urmia ...

Africa’s Lake Chad is a sliver of its former self. Iran’s Lake Urmia has shrunk by 80 percent in 30 years. What remain are the carcasses of ships settled into the silt. Similar scenarios are ...

The Government of Japan has allocated some €360,000 to fund four projects, providing medical and vocational equipment for ...