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IRNA – Tehran, Wednesday April 14,
President Mohammad Khatami opened Bio-Diversity Museum, today. Addressing the opening ceremony of the museum, located in a large Eco-park in northwestern Tehran, Khatami pointed to the status of Iran in the list of the world countries with regards to the situation of their life diversity and said though Iran enjoyed a good position in the list, its biodiversity was under grave threats. He further referred to the geographical status of the country, erosion of soil, population growth and expansion of industrial units as some of the factors posing threats to the life diversity in Iran. The president of Islamic Republic of Iran described the opening of the museum as an important step towards attracting people's attention to life diversity. He also stressed that the government has paid more attention to the issue of environment during the third and fourth National Development Plans.
IRAN National History Museum's History |
The National Museum of Natural History (MMTT) was founded in 1973 as a part of the DOE. The construction of a new building covering more than 45,000 m˛ began on World Museums Day in 1999 with the theme of “The Pleasure of Discovery” at the Pardisan Park in Tehran.
Pardisan Eco-Park Pardisan (Paradise) Park is a multi-purpose complex covering more than 270 hectares located in north-west Tehran. This complex is primarily an educational, research and cultural center with the objective of creating suitable facilities for the study of the environment in all its different aspects. However, in addition to scientific activities, facilities have been created in Pardisan Park for visitors to spend time in an inspiring, educational atmosphere. In other words, this Park is a multipurpose project, providing education in fun and relaxed surroundings aimed at increasing public awareness about natural environment. Pardisan Park contains the Biodiversity Museum, a wildlife park, a theatre, playgrounds and several other facilities. Biodiversity Museum Of IRAN |
In the 1rst step of the implementation of such a project, the Biodiversity Museum of Iran (BMI) has been established and made open to public visitors. The Museum consist of several parts and sections including: 1- A section demonstrating the Persian Gulf ecosystem, 2- Paleontology part of the Museum which demonstrates different ages, 3- Different divisions containing species from Iran as well as all continents. The museum also includes several other modern tuition, educational and information systems, such as touch screen monitors, cyber screen section containing sound effects of different species, information about their habitats and other related information. It also incorporates several different kinds of educational entertainments for kids and young collegiate. Side galleries are here to further inform enthusiast visitors.
Library and scientific document center
Due to necessity of an equipped and up-to-date library, the Natural History Museum of Iran has established a scientific and educational center in 1984 to: 1- Serve visitors with different kind of books and other related documents; 2- A reliable internet connection; 3- Balance the level the technical environmental information with the world of today; 4- Provide necessary facilities in existing resources for users; 5- Gather actual needs of experts of different fields and to provide them; Herbarium of Natural History Museum of Iran
Established around 1970, the herbarium of Natural History Museum is one of the major references in the modern and systematic research on different plants in protected areas. It incorporates a database of information on specimens in more than 20 fields, generating updated reports on geographic distribution maps.
Biosafety Laboratory
As the preservation of genetic diversity is the most important aim of the Department of Environment, and also the Islamic Republic of Iran is a Party to The Biosafety Protocol under The Convention on Biological Diversity, it is necessary to identify and conserve the gene pool. For further achievements in this objective, the Department of Environment has established a Laboratory, in 2001. To further equip the laboratory, the Natural History Museum of Iran, started to buy the necessary equipments, and incorporated experts in this field. In march 2003, equipments began to be been installed by experts and professionals in order to: • Identification of the genetic relationships between species and subspecies, • Classification of wild life species and subspecies, • Study and identification of genetic divergence in wild life and the risk of their extinction.
Green Government Policy
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted a Bill in January 2003 to implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) for all governmental bodies throughout the country, starting Iranian year 1382 (March 2003). The Green Government Bill aims at protecting and optimizing the use of resources within governmental bodies. The measure covers five areas of immediate concern: • Energy conservation and efficiency, • Water conservation and recycling, • Solid waste reduction and recycling, • Paper conservation and re-use, • Optimizing government transportation. As the 1rst step to implement the Green Government Policy in DOE as a pioneer department, the Natural History Museum once has been accredited ISO-9001 & ISO-14001 international standards.

For more information :
Biodiversity Museum of Iran (BMI) Pardisan Park, Hemmat highway, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of) Tel: +98 (21) 826 8039 Fax: +98 (21) 883 1297 Web: mmtt.museum.com
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