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UNITED NATIONS COUNTRY TEAM IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
UNDAF 2012-2016
UNDAF 2012-2016
United Nations
Development Assistance Framework
Environmentally Sustainable Development
Preservation of the environment is central to sustainable development and
poverty reduction. It affects all aspects of development social, economic,
and environmental, including livelihoods, access to water, agricultural
productivity, health, population levels, education, and gender-related
issues. None of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can be met
without major improvement in environmentally sustainable development.
LEAD NATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
Department of
Environment (DoE)
Strategic Planning and
Control Division of VicePresident Office (SPAC)
Forest, Rangeland and
Watershed Organization
(FRWO)
Ministry of Jihad
Agriculture (MoJA)
Ministry of Energy
(MOE)
Ministry of Oil
Ministry of Education
UNITED NATIONS
Ministry of Education
FAO (Co-Lead)
UNIDO (Co-Lead)
UNDP
UNESCO
UNEP
In line with the provisions of I.R. of Iran’s Fifth National Development Plan
(2011-2015) and the UNDAF, the UN System will contribute to the efforts
of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to further integrate
environmental considerations into decision making at national, subnational, and inter-sectoral levels. It will further support Iran to fulfill its
commitments and comply with the provisions of the multilateral environmental
agreements to which it is a member.
Iran’s diversity in climatic conditions
and its rich biodiversity and
ecosystems are rooted in its unique
geography.
Pressure has been put on its
environmental resources due to
persistent
droughts,
severe
sandstorms, and pollution of scarce
water resources, as well as
degradation of rangelands, wild life
and soil erosion. The potential
impacts include loss of arable land,
depletion
of
groundwater,
desertification and deforestation,
impacts on health and livelihoods, in
particular, of the rural and urban
poor.
Iran is a member to several multilateral environmental agreements,
including the UN Convention to
Combat Desertification, the UN
Framework Convention on Climate
Change, Biodiversity Convention, Ozone
Layer Protection Convention and its
Montreal Protocol, Ramsar Convention,
the CITES Convention, and Tehran
Convention on the Protection of the
Marine Environment of the Caspian
Sea.
Fifth Five-year National Development
Plan has incorporated articles on the
integrated management of wetlands,
droughts of the Orumieh Lake, and the
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
and adopted the environmental
assessment of strategic-level policies,
plans and a country-wide “ecosystembased approach” to the management of
wetland ecosystems and biodiversity.
Civil society is actively involved in
environmental management as partner
of the government institutions.
UNITED NATIONS COUNTRY TEAM IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
UNDAF 2012-2016
UNDAF 2012-2016
UN Development Assistance Framework
Expected results: NATIONAL, SUB-NATIONAL AND LOCAL CAPACITIES ARE ENHANCED TO ENSURE:
1) INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL
ECOSYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY;
2) MAINSTREAMING ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS INTO NATIONAL PLANNING AND AUDITS;
3) EFFECTIVE USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS IN PREVENTION, CONTROL AND RESPONSE TO CURRENT
AND EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;
4) FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION PLANS
AND PROJECTS.
Budget: US$ 58.755 000
These outcomes provide the framework for implementation of environmentally sustainable development
policies to achieve the following national priorities and goals:
1. Environmental considerations integrated into development decision making;
2. Iran is in compliance with the provisions of multilateral environmental agreements and internationally
agreed targets;
3. Iran actively contributes to the implementation of Tehran Agreement on Dust and Sand Storms Control.
PARTNERSHIPS
The following cooperation and partnership with countries and international organizations – UN and other
will play a crucial role in achieving the outcomes of the environment component of UNDAF:
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Providing international level technical knowledge and expertise, including the experience of
countries dealing with similar challenges and sharing best practices to address them;
Coordinated training and study tours;
Financial cooperation.
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