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WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATIONand
SIGNING CEREMONY OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION PHASE III ADDENDUM
(2017-2022)
Gary Lewis
Tehran, Iran
17 June 2017
In many parts of Iran desertification has been caused when pastoralists let their flocks of goats and sheep overgraze the land.
Growing the saplings in a nursery.
Re-afforestation
Re-afforestation
UNDP-supported re-afforestation project
Re-afforestation
UNDP-supported re-afforestation project
Watering the saplings by tanker
Young sapling after watering
UNDP-supported re-afforestation project near Karaj, west of Tehran
Re-afforestation
Re-afforestation
Outside of Kashan
The project has solved the fuel-wood problem by supplying residents with simple stoves which use paraffin.
Thank you