FRWO Formulates Rangeland Management Plan for 5.4 Million
Hectares

Head of FRWO announced the formulation of rangeland
management plans for 5.4 million hectares of rangeland areas across the
country last year.  

According to FRWO’s website, Dr. Massoud Mansour in a
joint meeting with Head of Nomadic Mobilization (Basij)
Organization / NMBO which was held at FRWO Headquarters on Monday, said:
"According to Article 3 of the Protection and Utilization of Forests and
Rangelands law (1967), any utilization and measures on natural resources
should be carried out based on the preparation of the management plan." 

Mansour stated: "Management plan for rangelands
acquires legal value, and all rehabilitation programs including improvement,
protection, seeding, etc. are based on technical principles."

He pointed out that, on
average one million hectares of range management plans have been prepared in
the past years per year, and this figure has increased almost five times in
the year of the “Leap in Production”.

In this meeting, Colonel Ahmad Saeedi, Head of
Nomadic Mobilization Organization / NMO, said that the purpose of this
meeting is to cooperate with FRWO to fulfill the strategic theme of the
Supreme Leader in 2021 and reiterated that NMO strongly is mandated to
cooperate with FRWO in related fields to contribute the implementation of
programs.

Colonel Saeedi announced that currently there are 1.2
million nomads across the country and mentioned the role of NMO in
facilitating the implementation of measures.

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