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Head of FRWO announced that 210 natural resources and IWM projects will be inaugurated on the verge of victory of Islamic Revolution.

According to FRWO’s website, Dr. Massoud Mansour, Deputy Minister and Head of FRWO congratulating the 43^rd anniversary of the victory of the Revolution and the commemorating the martyrs noted: "About 210 natural resources projects will be put into operation with a budget of 3900 billion RLs throughout the country on the occasion of the victory of the Islamic Revolution".

Head of FRWO stating that the implementation of natural resources and IWM projects is very important in preserving the country's water and soil resources said: "These projects include Integrated Watershed Management (IWM), aquifer recharge, flood control, desertification control, forest development, rehabilitation of rangelands and conservation plans that are carried out aiming at preserving water and soil resources, protecting vegetation cover and preventing erosion and reducing damage caused by drought and feeding aquifers".

Emphasizing the need for more public participation and cooperation with the natural resources and watershed management, he concluded: "FRWO hopes to take a big step towards developing the natural resources and watershed management by involving people in the implementation of these projects."

Mansour reminded that Iran is one of the with Low Forest Cover Countries (LFCC) and through afforestation and measures such as "Tree Planting Initiative" (Green National Initiative) in the future will join the group of countries that have more than 10% of forest covers in the world.