Iran inaugurates Bank of Marine Reserves

Masoud Sadrinasab, an advisor to Iran’s Minister of Science, Research and Technology and Head of the Center for International Scientific Studies and Cooperation of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology attended the opening ceremony of the Iranian Marine Reserves Bank where he emphasized the need to pay more serious attention to the genetic and biosphere reserves in the country. He described the natural marine reserves as a national asset and a factor playing important role in food security and the general economy.

“Aquatic animals in Iran, especially in the Persian Gulf ecosystem, which has a good diversity, need protection and attention,” added the science ministry's center's head.

Also in the inauguration ceremony, Nasser Farrokhi, the deputy head of the Science Ministry's center reiterated  the high possibility of generating wealth from knowledge-based products produced based on marine biological resources.

Farrokhi stressed the need for paying more attention to marine reserves in the Persian Gulf given the beginning of the exploitation on the part of the Persian Gulf littoral states from shared natural habitats.

Voicing his happiness with the opening of the Marine Reserves Bank in the Iranian National Center for Genetic and Biologic Resources, he further expressed hope that the protection of marine reserves will gain momentum through the joint efforts of all government and non-government bodies.

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