in recent years multiple roles of wetland ecosystem and their values for human have increasingly been known, but their environmental and human life importance are usually considered to be less than their actual value. wetlands are one of the most important critical areas in the world. due to unique biodiversity and having high volume production, wetlands have special place from controlling role...

because of national and international importance of the anzali international wetland, this study attempts to determine the preservation value and estimate willingness to pay (wtp) by iranian households for preserving this wetland, using contingent valuation method. a logit model was employed with maximum likelihood estimation procedure. results showed, education level of householder, informativ...

Anzali International wetland is one of the most valuable water resources as registered in Ramsar convention with an extent of about 150 km2 in the south Caspian Sea. This wetland, not only has ecological and biological importance for migratory birds and rare fish species, but also is used for farms to discharge into the Caspian Sea through this wetland. Therefore its pollution control is very ...

This study aims to enlist Rotatoria in the Anzali wetland (southwest Caspian Sea), a wetland which is listed as an international wetland in Ramsar convention (1975) and is an important ecosystem for spawning and early rearing of larvae of anadromous fishes. Samples of rotifers were collected in three regions of the Anzali wetland between  June 2015 and May 2016. A total of 29 genera of rotifers...

this study was aimed to identify and mange the most stressful risks threatening shadegan international wetland. shadegan international wetland which is located in the southwest of iran is in the montero list and now threatened by several risks. in this study, the most important threatening risks of the wetland were identified. in the characteristics step, the risks were analyzed based on the se...

parishan lake has been selected by unesco as a biosphere reserve and was recorded as an international wetland in ramsar convention in 1986. this region is located (29°31'n 51°48'e) at 820 m in kazeroon, fars province, south of iran and is the largest freshwater lake in the country. parishan lake is extremely important for a wide variety of wintering waterfowl and also for breeding waterfowl, es...

there are two approaches regarding environmental changes. one of the is ignoring them and continuing present trend in future, and the other is identifying these changes and preparing environmental management program in order to control their negative impacts and plan for the improvement of environmental condition. anzali international wetland is one of the protected wetlands in iran which is in...