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Iran
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Multifocal Area
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2010
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25,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y3/09/07B (131B) |
Project Location:Tehran(35.714703-51.3885500)
Project outputs are:
?Marketing Material on livelihood products in GEF-SGP projects
?Traditional Knowledge on Rangeland Management by Nomads
?Landscape Pattern and Structure in the ( ... )
u of Iran
?GEF SGP project experiences and Photo stories
?Thematic newsletters
?Dena Mountain Stories
?Compilation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Projects in Iran
?Clip on Mount Damavand
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Iran
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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18,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y3/09/05 (129) |
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Project background:
The small SGP project (SGP IRA-OP3-2-07-16 (87)) and its local fund model has already created impact in the area as the head of the Agricultural Bank noted that if this work had started earlier, the Golestan floods would have ( ... )
revented. The project is replicated by the government in 4 villages and this project is for continuing our work in the area and participating in the upscaling and documenting the lessons.
At the final project workshop of SGP IRA-OP3-2-07-16 (87) which was conducted in the Natural Resource Organization and Watershed Management of Semnan Province for promoting community pasture management and
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Iran
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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25,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/07 (116) |
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Project Location:Safaroud Ramsar( Lat/Long:36.890019-50.657959) |
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Iran
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Multifocal Area
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2009
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50,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/15 (124) |
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Project Location:Drazo-Zaman abad-Biarjomand-Semnan(36.190796-55.895691)
Project background:
As part of the ICCA initiative and the IUCN/CEESP partnership with GEF SGP, SGP Iran is promoting the tribal fund registrations, right issues and ( ... )
hood initiatives working with the Abolhassani Tribe in partnership with Cenesta. The site is located near Zamanabad, one of the sites of Cheetah Habitat in Touran. As the Abolhassani tribe has kept the traditional governance structure and also the distance between the summer and winter groundings is relatively short and only 80 kms chances of success in territory management still exists.
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Iran
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Biodiversity
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2009
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3,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/08/16B (107B) |
Project Location:Semnan- Shahrod- Khankhodi(36.2129600-55.9039310)Zaman abad(36.2052030-55.8325200)Ahmad abad(36.18190290-55.8613590)
Project Background:
Three local women and men groups of volunteers were formed for collaboration in ( ... )
vation and livelihood activities under GEF SGP Touran Asiatic Cheetah projects. In the stakeholder workshop of Naybandan Tabas GEF SGP project in Nov 2009 all the local community active members from both Tabas-Nayband and Touran Areas participated and reviewed their livelihood initiatives in the conservation context. The result was to support the local groups to support the local initiatives by
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Iran
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Biodiversity
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2009
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13,500.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/14 (123) |
Project Location: Tehran (Lat.35.553383; Long.51.383057)
Project background:
Within Iran, public education campaigns on matters of environmental and biodiversity protection have proven most effective in formation and implementation of ( ... )
vation efforts. The former absence of information on wildlife, particularly endemic and endangered species, has threatened much of the biotic life regionally and globally. Through the preparation and dissemination of educational products like booklets, manuals and lesson plans, the public has begun to recognize its role as an essential stakeholder in conservation efforts. Furthermore, these
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Iran
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Biodiversity
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2009
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50,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y3/09/02 (126) |
Project Location:Yazd(31.9471910-56.0961910)-Kordestan(35.2432260-46.6699220)-
Tonkabon Rasht(36.7277310-50.8776860)
Project Background:
Environmental degradation and land conversions are national issues which concerned sectors including ( ... )
society members and organizations and independent environmentalists in the country point to lack of awareness and knowledge about the root cause of degradations by the planners, consulting firms, officials and the education sector in the country. Therefore, with collaboration of two CSO groups, one expert in environment with extensive field experience and the other expert in the environment and
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Iran
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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25,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/04A (113A) |
Project Location: Safaroud, Ramsar(Lat:36.907883;Long:50.679932)
Project Background
The so-called Caspian broadleaf deciduous forests consist of a narrow green belt with an area of approximately 1.9 million hectares. It is estimated that it ( ... )
4 million hectares 45 years ago. While imposing bans on lumbering and grazing by the locals foresters, age-long lifestyles and living patterns were disrupted, and a number of forest villages were deserted. The remaining families continue to face severe economic hardship. In contrast land conversions, massive industrial Logging Plans and illegal logging have been going unnoticed. The yield of
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Iran
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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25,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/04B (113B) |
Project location:Safaroud-Ramsar(Lat:36.907883;Long:50.679932)
Project Background:
The so-called Caspian broadleaf deciduous forests consist of a narrow green belt with an area of approximately 1.9 million hectares. It is estimated that it was ( ... )
lion hectares 45 years ago. While imposing bans on lumbering and grazing by the locals foresters, age-long lifestyles and living patterns were disrupted, and a number of forest villages were deserted. The remaining families continue to face severe economic hardship. In contrast land conversions, massive industrial Logging Plans and illegal logging have been going unnoticed. The yield of these
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Iran
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Biodiversity
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2009
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15,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/01 (110) |
Project location:Qeshm (Lat/Long:26.965030-56.263390)
The project activities are:
? Coordination between ongoing projects for community conservation of Hawksbill Turtle Site: including the Zoning project, Public Conservation project, women?s ( ... )
vation handicraft project, Nourouz tourism vs. conservation project, documentation project and Hengam island turtle conservation project
? Support to local council for management of the community conserved site
? Establishing a local fund to help the turtle conservation effort to become self sufficient in years
? Production of advocacy material by the
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Iran
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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2,500.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: IRA-OP3-2-07-19 (90) |
Project Location: Tehran (Lat: 35.758697;Long: 51.377563)
The project activities are:
?Develop a baseline on high level of energy consumption in cold regions such as Alamout Area and in the vicinity of Zagros Region
?A newsletter on ( ... )
evel energy consumption based on the baseline
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Iran
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Land Degradation
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2009
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6,300.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: IRA-OP3-2-07-13 C (80 C) |
Project location:Bidgol - Kashan(Lat/Long:34.057628-51.475067)
Background
Indigenous knowledge of local farmers of Chaleh Sombak who farm in the desert low spots of Aran and Bidgol is also a desertification act as it prevents the movement of ( ... )
sand by the yearly meticulous work done in spring of each year for cleaning the low spots for preparing the farming lots. This method of farming in the desert low spots has been affordable realized by access to localized trapped high ground water table. For generations the seasonal farming has generated income for the traditional local farmers who reside in Aran and Bidgol which not long ago
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Iran
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Land Degradation
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2009
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16,307.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: IRA-OP3-2-07-13 B (80 B) |
Project location:Bidgol - Kashan(Lat/Long:34.057628-51.475067)
Background
Indigenous knowledge of local farmers of Chaleh Sonbak who farm in the desert low spots of Aran and Bidgol is also a desertification act as it prevents the movement of ( ... )
sand by the yearly meticulous work done in spring of each year for cleaning the low spots for preparing the farming lots. This method of farming in the desert low spots has been affordable realized by access to localized trapped high ground water table. For generations the seasonal farming has generated income for the traditional local farmers who reside in Aran and Bidgol which not long ago
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Iran
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Multifocal Area
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2009
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14,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: IRA-OP3-2-07-15 (86) |
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Iran
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Biodiversity
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2009
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25,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/10 (119) |
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Project Location:Khuzestan(Lat/Long:31.315789-48.685913)
Project background:
Euphrates Softshell Turtle (Rafetus euphraticus) or Forati Turtles a soft shell turtle are one of the ancient species on earth belonging to about 100 million years ago ( ... )
e listed in the IUCN Red List. However, in Iran they it is not listed under protected type as there is very little information available on it. Geographically limited to the Euphrates area rivers and the divisions flowing through Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Lack of knowledge and awareness on the importance of this endangered species and its only remaining habitant in Khousistan Province is
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Iran
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Biodiversity
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2009
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10,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y3/09/04 (128) |
Project Location:Darab-Fars-Shiraz(Lat/Long:28.751688-54.542999)
Project background:
The SGP project IRA-G52-2003-033 (IRA98G52) for diminishing the root causes to the threat to Houbareh Bustard in Darab Fars has ( ... )
ed increase in the numbers of Hubareh Bustard and has developed active community organizations for both men and women. Deputy of Department of Environment (DOE) after being convinced of the results has provided a support letter and has accepted to provide parallel funding to the 2nd Phase of the project, following the results of the first phase.
Phase 2 project activities with SGP
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Iran
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Biodiversity
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2009
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10,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y3/09/09B (133B) |
Project Location:Chaharmahalobakhtiari-Kohrang:(Lat/Long:32.343692-50.778809)
Project background:
As part of SGP global initiative on ICCAs (indigenous community conserved areas), SGP has approved this project with the Council of Bakhtiati ( ... )
Tribe. Although the tribe is one of the major tribes in Iran, it lacked modern institutions and therefore was not considered an official entity by the government and were treated as individual herders. Recently through the Joint efforts of CENESTA/ IUCN CEESP/GEF SGP under the ICCA project Bakhtiari Confederacy has recently been formed which is the grantee of this project.
Project
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Iran
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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10,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/03(112) |
Project Location:Soteh-Fereydonkenar-Mazandaran 36.635072-52.551727
Project Background:
As GEF SGP with partnership with Souteh village farmers and IGRA Institute in Mazandaran Province in Caspian Area initiated the production of IPM rice ( ... )
2004 practicing an eco-agriculture production in rice paddies . Fortunately this work is continuing and the practice has expanded in the area and has also been replicated in UNEP GEF Siberian Crane Wetland Project (SCWP) site in Fereydoonkenar and Ezbaran, and by CEP by involving provincial extension and research government office using the SGP Souteh site as their pilot. The quality control has
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Iran
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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45,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y3/09/08 (132) |
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Project Location:Tehran(Lat/Long:35.710243-51.405029)
Project Background
Optimizing electricity usage in Central Cooling Systems in buildings is directly linked to fossil fuel gas consumption. The majority of country?s electricity production is ( ... )
ed from gas conversion in powerhouses with about 30% efficiency. Over usage of electrical energy in central cooling systems for buildings can be moderated resulting in up to 45% reduction in electricity usage by using modern control systems on the cooling systems. However, the unfamiliarity and lack of training for traditional servicemen is a bottle neck which this project aims to address as
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Iran
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Multifocal Area
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2009
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29,850.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: IRA/SGP/OP4/RAF/Y2/09/11 (120) |
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Project Location:Taghebostan Kordestan(Lat/Long:35.143195-46.245575)
Background
Bistoun area with mountain stone carvings on a 12000 m cliff with an ancient history has both cultural heritage and natural heritage such as elevated mountains. The ( ... )
mountain and cave are such examples which have been explored by French, British, Polish mountaineers and cave explorers. As these are splendid mountains with wildlife, large cliffs and deep valleys, outside climbers require local guides to assist them in mountain and cliff climbing. Lives of climbers of other parts of Iran have been lost in Paraw cave and mountain falls due to the unfamiliarity
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