An curved arrow pointing right. Lake Urmia in Iran changed from its usual greenish-blue hue to a burnt orange-red over the last three months. A drastic change in the environment is likely to blame.

Japan has pledged JPY690mn ($4.6mn) to revive Lake Urmia and improve wetland management across Iran, officials announced at a signing ceremony with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP ...

On 1 December 2024, the Government of Japan and UNDP signed an exchange of notes to launch “The Project for Developing Conservation Systems of Wetlands in Lake Urmia and Other Wetlands, Including ...