By Azadeh Karimi Since early February, warm winds have fueled at least 62 wildfires that have burned 130 hectares of the Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — in the northern province of Gilan, according to Colonel Mohammad Ghorbani-Lord, the head of the nature reserve protection unit of the local Forest … Continue reading Vast Areas of Iran’s Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests Destroyed by Fire