Desert Ecotourism Contributes to Natural Resources Development

Head of FRWO said: "Desert Ecotourism can play good role in development of natural resources."

According to FRWO's website, Dr. Massoud Mansour, Deputy Minister and Head of FRWO in the seventeenth session of the performance of the executive plan of 2021 chaired by Massoud Mansour, held on Saturday at FRWO Headquarters with the agenda of performance review of Natural Resources and Watershed Management Department (NRWD) of Yazd province mentioned the use of new and renewable energy such as solar energy and wind energy as one of the basic strategies in supplying energy and reminded: "In a province like Yazd, due to longer sunlight duration during summer, many sunny days and seasonal winds, these conditions are favorable.

He pointed to the establishment of a station for measuring and monitoring wind erosion and sand and dust storm with the participation of the Research Institute for Dry and Desert Areas of Yazd University and said: "This important measure to record wind erosion and data collected by these programs which are largely to be utilized to inform wind erosion assessments and management, is needed to be informed the public."