International Caves and Karst Day Exploring the Karst Heritage of Tabas UNESCO Global Geopark September 13 is International Caves and Karst Day, an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of caves and karst landscapes and their role in water resources and biodiversity, while highlighting the need for their study and conservation. Although large caves [...]
✅ Tabas; A City Whose History Was Written by the Earth 🔹 As we approach the anniversary of one of the darkest events in the contemporary history of Tabas, we are launching a campaign dedicated to remembrance, storytelling, and raising awareness about the devastating earthquake of September 16, 1978 (25 Shahrivar 1357). 🔸 The Tabas [...]
🐆 The Cheetah in the Silent Frames of Naybandan ✅ September 1 — National Iranian Cheetah Day — is an opportunity to remember the value of one of Iran’s most important natural heritages: the Asiatic cheetah, a species whose survival is closely tied to the protection of its habitats. 🔹 The images presented here are [...]
🔹 The Persian Cheetah, a Source of Iranian Pride 🔸 Our Responsibility, Its Future ✅ September 1 | National Persian Cheetah Day 🐆 🔹 Today, September 1, is National Persian Cheetah Day—a day to remember the value of one of Iran’s most remarkable and precious wildlife species. 🔸 Over these nine days, we have come [...]
✅ 2 Days to the Persian Cheetah 🔹 A geopark is not merely a collection of rocks and geological features; it is the story of the connection between the Earth, life, and people. 🔸 Geology, water, soil, vegetation, and wildlife are interconnected components of a landscape. Nature conservation can only be sustainable when we understand [...]
✅ 3 Days Until the Iranian Cheetah 🔹The conservation of the Iranian cheetah will only succeed when local communities, park rangers, tourists, drivers, and all nature lovers come together to protect it. 🔸Sometimes, a simple action can be a step toward cheetah conservation: 🌿 Let’s not destroy natural habitats. 🚗 Drive carefully on roads near [...]
✅ 4 Days for the Persian Cheetah 🔹Sometimes, the distance between life and death for a cheetah is only a few seconds—just a few seconds while crossing a road. 🔸Roads that pass through natural habitats can disrupt cheetah movement routes and increase the risk of collisions and road fatalities. 🔹Cheetahs move throughout their habitat in [...]
✅ 5 Days to Save the Asiatic Cheetah 🔹 Today, the Asiatic cheetah faces a range of threats that have made the survival of this precious big cat increasingly difficult. 🔹 From habitat loss and fragmentation to declining prey populations, road mortality, and increasing human pressures, each of these factors can affect the cheetah’s future. [...]
❇️ “Cheetah in the Geopark Land” Workshop for Children 🔷 On the occasion of Iranian Cheetah Day, Tabas UNESCO Global Geopark, in collaboration with the Department of Environment, is holding a fun and educational workshop titled “Cheetah in the Geopark Land” to introduce children to the cheetah and the importance of protecting this valuable species. [...]
✅ 6 Days to Save the Iranian Cheetah 🔹 Cheetah and leopard — two valuable wild cats of Iran, but with distinct differences that make them easy to identify. 🔹 The Asiatic cheetah has a slim, elongated body, long legs, and distinctive black tear marks on both sides of its face. Its body spots are [...]
