Friends of Hamun gather together
aluchestan rovince. The goal of this festival is to raise awareness among children about the wetlands and its characteristics and engage them in preserving the wetlands ecosystem. The nstitute for the ntellectual evelopment of hildren and oung Adults in Nimrooz city hosted the opening ceremony with the participation of girls, aged to 11, from around the country, according to NA. irector of the Sistan ro - ect described the goal of this event as educating children on the environment in general and preserving amun etlands, saying, Environmental education at a young age with new methods is very important and decisive.” Neda Assad Falsafizadeh added, e planned the festival in a way that it would continue. e issue Friends of amun membership cards for children, and they put their fingerprints on the club’s oath, confirming their membership. The future plans will ta e place through this club.” hildren will be educated on amun etlands, its importance and functions, its ecosystem, the people of Sistan’s occupations and dependence on the wetlands, causes of drought, and ways to help save the wetlands,” she elaborated. The director of the Sistan ro ect further stated, Since collective and collaborative games play an important role in internalizing correct behavior in children, games were designed for this festival to educate them indirectly on correct, constructive behavior towards the wetlands ecosystem.” The pro ect for mprovement of omprehensive anagement of Natural esources to evive etlands
Ecosystem and Supporting Alternative eans of Subsistence for Local Societies, with collaborations from ran’s epartment of the Environment, United Nations evelopment rogram and EU’S financial support is underway. ne of the ob ectives of this pro ect is to raise awareness of the amun etlands, ran’s third greatest la e, the world’s seventh greatest wetlands area, and one of the world’s biosphere reserves. n line with the pro ect for mprovement of omprehensive anagement of Natural esources to evive etlands Ecosystem and Supporting Alternative eans of subsistence for Local Societies, a five-day festival of Friends of amun too place in Sistan and aluchestan rovince.