Earth Watchers Center

Earth Watchers Center (EWC) is a non-profit environmental organization in Iran which has been officially functioning since September 2002.

EWC's aim is to help reduce the existing environmental problems and to preserve the Earth’s heritage through raising public awareness. This will be achieved by reporting case studies based on data obtained from surveying and fact -finding trips, by printing educational pamphlets and by arranging public educational scientific tours.

EWC holds that the most fundamental step to be taken toward raising public awareness and knowledge is to inform people from all different social strata, from the layman up to the highest level of decision makers.

Informing people as the main activity of this center is being done by two outlets: [http://www.earthwatchers.ir Website] and Annual magazine.

Information → Awareness → Conservation is the EWC's motto.

Earth Watchers Center's founders have more than ten years experience in this field.

A summary of EWC's activities

* Publication of more than 100 pieces of news related to the environment from Iran and the world since the beginning of the activity to January 2006. These are in order of the most frequent in the news to the least:
** Forests in the north of Iran, Wetlands, Watersheds in Tehran, Natural disasters (flood, Storm and Earthquake), Oil pollution, Swage and waste, Water and Air pollution, Climate change, Stable tourism and poisons.

* Book writing and publication concerning forests in the north of Iran (values and threats) named [http://www.earthwatchers.org/bookforest.html "At The Threshold Of Bidding Farewell To Ancient North Forests"] . This book was selected as the best book of year among 100 books concerning environmental matters focusing on the environmental issues in 2004 by Mehrgan Institute.

* Publication of four informative magazines.

* Taking part in two Environmental Fairs and selected as the [http://www.earthwatchers.org/honor.html best Iranian environmental organization in 2005] .

* Taking part in demonstrations such as protesting against destruction of Miankaleh Pond by oil companies.

* Taking more than 250 pictures from environmental values and threats regarding Ancient Forests, Iranian Wetlands, Tehran Watersheds, oil pollution in the south of Tehran, Swage and waste pollution, Iranian deserts and rare species, more than 60 cases of the rare species were displayed on the website.

* More than 35 group-visiting carried out in different places (Forests, Wetlands, Watersheds, etc).

Wonders of IRAN Nature (photo gallery)

* [http://www.earthwatchers.org/lut-EN.html LOUT Plain]
* [http://www.earthwatchers.org/AncntFrstEN.html Taxus baccata]
* [http://www.earthwatchers.org/ramyan.html Golspring, Ramyan]
* [http://www.earthwatchers.org/JOZ.html Juglans]
* [http://www.earthwatchers.org/aziny11.html Aziny International wetland]
* [http://www.earthwatchers.org/varangeh%20rud.html Varangeh Rood]

ome environmental threats in Iran (Photo Gallery)

* North of Tehran Watersheds
** [http://www.earthwatchers.org/glry-latiyan.html Latiyan]
** [http://www.earthwatchers.org/glry-sulequn.html Solequn]

* Environmental problems of Tehran Refinery
** [http://www.earthwatchers.org/glry-palayeshTeh.html Tehran Refinery]
** [http://www.earthwatchers.org/glry-fazelabTeh.html Tehran Sewage]

* North of Iran forests
** [http://www.earthwatchers.org/glry-kelardasht1.html Ancient Forests (KELARDASHT)]
** [http://www.earthwatchers.org/amol.html Ancient Forests (AMOL)]

External links

* [http://www.earthwatchers.ir Earth Watchers Center] - official website