Protection of the Caspian seal requires strengthening of national and regional cooperation

The Deputy of Marine Environment and Wetlands of the Environmental Protection Organization said: The protection of the Caspian seal requires the strengthening of national and regional cooperation.

The Deputy of Marine Environment and Wetlands of the Environmental Protection Organization said: The protection of the Caspian seal requires the strengthening of national and regional cooperation.

According to Ambassador Arjan Ahmadreza Lahijanzadeh, deputy marine environment and wetlands of the Environmental Protection Organization, emphasizing the need to strengthen national and regional cooperation for the protection of the Caspian seal, he said: Accurately determining the duties of the responsible institutions, increasing coordination between executive departments and developing the participation of coastal provinces are among the requirements for the effective implementation of the national action plan for the protection of this species.

The third meeting of the Caspian seal protection secretariat was held with the presence of Lahijanzadeh, Kanani, director general of environmental protection of Mazandaran, Fadakar, director general of the office of protection of ecosystems and marine coasts, and a group of managers, experts, representatives of executive bodies and research centers. In this meeting, the challenges of protecting the Caspian seal and ways to strengthen national and regional cooperation for the protection of this species were discussed.

In this meeting, Lahijanzadeh considered it necessary to hold joint meetings and training workshops and increase the participation of executive bodies and coastal provinces and emphasized the need to reduce human threats in the Caspian seal habitats.