Iran’s ecosystem:
promises vs. reality
Where do we stand on ecological mapping?
Environmental policymaking ranks among the most challenging areas in developing countries, including Iran. Despite numerous efforts to draw up environmental laws and policies, our ecosystem still faces serious challenges and issues. Current indicators reveal a significant gap between the goals of the 2025 Vision and the General Environmental Policies (issued in November 2015) and the realities on the ground.
In this regard, Sadegh Zibakalam, Seyed Mohammad Mojabi, and Reza Maknoon studied these challenges and prioritized them in a published research paper, titled “Challenges of Policy Making: Iran Environment”. The article seeks to answer two fundamental questions: First, what are the challenges in finding solutions through Iran’s environmental policymaking? Second, how should these challenges be prioritized, and which ones should be taken up for reform first? Below are key excerpts from the paper.
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