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Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation’s benefit dinner and auction succeeded in raising considerable funds

2011-11-29 17:55:00

Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation held a benefit dinner and auction of donated artworks on Friday November 18th. More than 300 people attended this event. In the beginning, Arash Mytouei’s band played a few pieces of Mr. Mytouei’s own productions. This was followed by a brief speech in which Mr. Bijan Darehsouri, one of Iran’s earliest conservationists, expressed his deep concern over deteriorating conditions of Iran’s natural environment. Dareshouri mentioned direct action by private citizens as the only panacea for environmental problems. He also expressed the view that he cherishes high hopes for young people of Iran who show enthusiasm for this country’s environmental problems and are willing to take action to ameliorate these problems. Mr. Houman Jowkar, of Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, was the next speaker. In a short video presentation, he gave an overview of our projects all across Iran and explained how donations made by responsible citizens and socially responsible companies are being spent for conservation purposes. Once our conservation message was conveyed to the audience, the auction began. In this auction some of the artworks which were donated to the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation were auctioned and in a lively competition they were all sold for very reasonable prices. Other donated works were displayed and offered for sale as a benefit in a different section of the building. The finale was a drawing in which some paintings were given to the participants in the event. The presence of art lovers and sponsors of Iranian art in this event was quite discrete. We had the benefit of support and sponsorship by the following organizations and businesses: Parsonline Group of Companies, Pishahang Tarabari (PTC), MACO, Monsoon Group, LOEWE, Sadeghi Furniture, Globex, Candlestar, Nader Gallery, Cutler and Gross, Home and Kitchen Company, Golnar Polvandeh Jewelry Designer, Assar Art Gallery, Brass Workshop, Éclair Patisserie, Minoudasht Company, Tea drop, and Rayan Makan System. Mr. Fereydoun Ave, a prominent Iranian artist, who had not taken part in the event due to illness, sent a message in which he expressed the view that "artists are always the first on the list to be asked to help" in different events. This, according to him, has to do with the fact that "they are more sensitive and optimistic," and follow up their good intentions with action. Ms. Pantea Rahmani, another prominent artist, generously permitted us to give prints of one of her works to our guests as a present. Artists who generously contributed to this event are the following: Mohsen Ahmadvand, Fereydoun Ave, Mostafa Darebaghi, Mohammad-Hossein Emad, Hadi Fadavi, Mohsen Fouladpour, Narges Hashemi, Hossein Irandoust, Alireza Jodey, Emil Lazar, Nazar Mousavinia, Arash Nazari, Afshin Pirhashemi, Golnar Polvandeh, Saeed Rafiee Monfared, Pantea Rahmani, Masiha Rashedi , Mehdi Saeidi, Peyman Shafiee, Sadegh Tabrizi, Shideh Tami, Parviz Tanavoli, Ali Zanjani, Amir-Hossein Zanjani Photo caption: Male Parishahrokh-Female Parishahrokh. Artist name: Emil Lazar

Private dinner and contemporary artworks auction fundraising event in support of Iran's wildlife

2011-10-24 15:57:00

The Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) is organizing a fundraising event for supporting wildlife conservation projects in Iran. This private dinner and contemporary artworks auction will be held on Nov. 18th 2011.

Asiatic Cheetah Festival

2011-09-06 13:22:00

Persian Wildlife Foundation is taking part in the Asiatic Cheetah Festival organized in Kakh Golestan, Tehran 7,8 and 9th of September

Miankaleh Clean Up Project for welcoming migrant birds

2011-09-03 16:21:00

Dear Nature Lovers of Iran,

Migrant birds will be soon returning to Miankaleh Wildlife Refuge in northern Iran, on the coast of the Caspian Sea.

Let us, together clean up their habitat.

You can volunteer to participate in this project by contacting us or other Eco-tourism Institutions.

Thu. 22 Sep 2011- Fri. 23 Sep 2011.

PWHF

Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation

info@persianwildlife.org

+9821-88047841

After 28 years, park rangers observed two cheetahs in "Khosh-Yeylagh Wildlife Refuge" near Shahroud

2011-07-04 18:04:00

Sabz Press- Until the 1970s, "Khosh-Yeylagh Wildlife Refuge" with an area of 150057 ha. situated at the north-east of Shahroud, used to inhabit one of the largest populations of Asiatic Cheetah. During the past three decades the cheetah population in this area has faced great decline due to severe damage, in a way that no cheetahs were observed for over 28 years.

In July 2011, two rangers of the wildlife refuge noticed two cheetahs roaming about the " Tappeh-Kaftar" mountain. After following them, they succeeded to take pictures of one of the cats.

A Pallas's Cat seen around Rafsanjan's Mansour-Abad

2011-07-04 16:27:00

Sabz Press- On June 19^th 2011, a group of eco-friendly citizens in Rafsanjan’s Mansour-Abad called the “Rafsanjan nature-lovers group” noticed the presence of a Pallas’s Cat and took some pictures of it. As seen on the pictures, this cat has an injured eye. After a group of experts went back to the location in order to cure the cat’s blind eye, the cat had fled and couldn’t be found anymore.

The Pallas’s Cat is slightly bigger than the normal domestic cat. It is one of the rare cats of Iran which is listed in IUCN's Red List as “Near Threatened”. Nevertheless, experts claim that this species should be listed as “Endangered”. This cat is considered to be a reclusive animal which feeds on small mammals, reptiles and birds. It is mainly seen in central and north-western Iran and in West- Azarbaijan and East- Azarbaijan provinces.

Collaboration between PWHF, National Geographic, Panthera,CACP and Iran's DOE

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Collaboration between PWHF, National Geographic, Panthera,CACP and Iran's DOE started since April 2011 and will continue for 6 moths.