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Box 18.1 (continued)
the 'greenzone' but within the watershed, other soil and water conservation
works were completed, including contour furrowing of 15,729 ha, seeding of
26,553 ha and transplanting seedlings to 17,980 ha.

The following is a list of the major soil and water conservation activities carried
out in Iran over the 10 years ending 2010.

• Stabilization of 2.1 million hectares of shifting sand dunes through man-made

plantations.

• Formulation of the national plan for natural resources management in the desert

areas

• Identification of wind erosion foci

• Formulation of 9 Mha of anti-desertification plans

• Study on 65 million hectares of catchments basins throughout Iran

• Implementing watershed management projects in 14.2 Mha of watersheds

• Sedimentation reduction of up to 23 million cubic meters in watersheds

• Recharging water- tables to an annual volume of 1.4 billion cubic meters

Specific Projects that have been successfully implemented include:

• Formulation and implementation of the Carbon Sequestration Project in Southern

Khorasan Province in collaboration with UNDP/GEF

• Implementation of an Integrated Range Improvement Program in Zarand- Saveh.

• Implementation of South Khorasan Rangeland Rehabilitation and Refugee In-

come Generation Project (IFAD/UNHCR)

• Conducting Sustainable Management of Land and Water Resources(UNDP/FAO)

• The Study on Watershed Management Plan for the Karoon River, (JICA)

• Alternative Range and Pasture Management Methods for the Protection of Native

Plant Species in Agro-Pastoral Societies of North West Zagros (Fig. 18.7 )