The Fourth Symposium of National Water Day

 Water scarcity or water crisis, has drawn the attention of scientists and authorities in many countries, regarding water supply security, environmental conservation, and food security. “The Fourth Symposium of National Water Day” as the last 3 years is going to be held by national commission for UNESCO, in close cooperation with Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture and participation of the deputy of president on women and Family Affairs, National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company, Iran Water Resources Management Company, water and soil deputy of Jihad-e-Agriculture Ministry, Forests, […]

The First Session of National Hyrdrological Committee for UNESCO

The first session of “National Hydrological Committee for UNESCO” was held on 23^rd of January 2019 by participation of member organizations’ representatives and chairing H.E. Dr. Reza Ardakanian, the Minister of Energy of Iran and Chairman of National Hydrological Committee in Iran Water Resources Management Company.

Dr. Hojatollah Ayoubi, as Acting Secretary General, and Dr. Abbas Soroush, as Deputy Minister of Energy and Vice-Chairman of this committee, as well as other representatives from administrative organizations, namely Jihad-e-Agriculture, Department of Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Science, […]

“International Training Workshop on Adaptation to Water Scarcity and Basin-connected Cities”

8^th Asian G-WADI & 2^nd IDI Expert Group Meetings

Two international training workshops entitled as “Adaptation to Water Scarcity” and “Basin-connected Cities” were held as side events of the 2^nd International Drought Initiative (IDI) expert group meeting and the 8^th Asian G-WADI meeting in Mashhad, Iran, by Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM-Tehran) under the auspices of UNESCO, Science Department of Iran National Commission for UNESCO (NATCOM), UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office (UTCO) and under the UNESCO-IHP framework, on 10^th to 12^th […]

Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data

Now, detailed satellite images reveal the extent of the problem, including that some parts of the Iranian capital are falling by as much as 25 centimetres a year, and that the collapse is spreading to encompass the city’s international airport . Geoscientists Mahdi Motagh and Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi, both at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, used satellite data to monitor subsidence across the Tehran region between 2003 and 2017.
Previous work had shown that Tehran […]

First Iran’s Category II Centres Meeting

The first brain-storming and review session of Category II Centres under the auspices of UNESCO has been held on 17th of October 2018 which was chaired by Dr. Ali Chavoshian, head of Science Department of Iran National Commission for UNESCO and organizer of these centres, in NAT.COM conference hall.

I.R. Iran hosts 8 regional and international centres under the auspices of UNESCO, each of which has a unique participation in developing different UNESCO goals:

• Regional Centre on Urban Water Management, RCUWM-Tehran
• International Center on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures, […]