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Department of Desert Arid Zones Management

The Department of Desert and Arid Zones Management (DAM) started its activities in 2005. The department has a mandate to carry out both teaching and research to address the problems of land degradation, with special emphasis on problems of wind erosion, desertification and proper management of natural resources of desert and arid regions of the country. The department offers high quality education to both undergraduate and postgraduate students with different courses which cover all aspects of arid zone management. The department’s mission is to train experts who have full knowledge about the limitations and potentials of deserts and can play significant roles in management of arid zones. Training these experts, therefore, helps prevent desertification, soil erosion and land degradation, exploit natural resources in arid and desert conditions, and control of people immigration from arid and semi-arid region.

Major Objectives of the Department

  • To impart higher education at undergraduate and post-graduate levels in the field of Desert and Arid Zones Management
  • To supervise post-graduate students in planning, conducting, and evaluating students’ theses as part of their degree programs
  • To develop closer link in line with departments and research organizations for mutual collaboration in research/development activities on natural resource conservation and improvements in deserts and arid zones of Iran

  • To promote awareness among students, researchers, policy makers and the society in general about natural resource conservation and management through publishing articles and organizing seminars/workshops on the subjects related to natural resource management More

    Head of the Department of Desert Arid Zones Management
    Omid_Safari Omid Safari
    Associate Prof.
    Department of Environmental Science
    Omid_Safari@yahoo.com
    +985138805451

    Concentration areas offered by the Department of Desert Arid Zones Management
    Areas Bachelor's Master's Ph.D
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Academic staff

Morteza Akbari
Assistant Professor
Alireza Rashki
Associate Professor
Adel Sepehr
Associate Professor

Research

Recent journal articles

Shahsavari, A., Karimi, A., Akbari, M. (2024). Environmental Impacts and Social Cost of Non-Renewable and Renewable Energy Sources: A Comprehensive Review. Journal of Renewable Energy and Environment, 11 (1), 12-27.
D.g. Kaskaoutis, K. Petrinoli, G. Grivas, P. Kalkavouras, M. Tsagkaraki, K. Tavernaraki, K. Papoutsidaki, I. Stavroulas, D. Paraskevopoulou, A. Bougiatioti, E. Liakakou, & Rashki, A. (2024). Impact of peri-urban forest fires on air quality and aerosol optical and chemical properties: The case of the August 2021 wildfires in Athens, Greece. Science of The Total Environment, 907 (1), 168028-168048.
Hassanzadeh Bashtian, M., Karimi, A., Sepehr, A., Lakzian, A. (2024). Spatial relationship of landform surface features and biocrusts, and their effect on soil microbial biomass on an alluvial fan. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49 (4), 1348-1360.
Hassanzadeh Bashtian, M., Karimi, A., Sepehr, A., Lakzian, A. (2024). Functional roles of biocrusts in enhancing soil quality in a semi-arid environment. Geoderma Regional, 37 (), e00787-e00787.
Akbari, M., & Alizadeh Noughani, M. (2024). Early warning systems for desertification hazard: a review of integrated system models and risk management. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 10 (4), 4611-4626.
Mahmoudabadi, E. (2024). Spatial Prediction of Soil Salinity by Using Remote Sensing and Data Mining Algorithms at Watershed Scale, Northwest Iran. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 52 (8), 1777-1785.

Recent theses and dissertations

Aref, S. (2024). Investigating the effects of vegetation status and topography on soil erodibility in Yunsi forestry area. , ( ). Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Gholami, M. (2024). Analyzing Desertification Dynamics Using Net Primary Production -NPP- in Khorasan Razavi Province. , ( ). Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Mohammadi Khoyi, A. (2024). Evaluating the impact of desert restoration projects on soil quality indices -Case study: Nodeh-Pashang desert area, Gonabad County. , ( ). Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Najafi, M. (2024). Evaluating the impact of desert restoration projects on vegetation-Case study: Nodeh Pashang-Omrani region of Gonabad County. , ( ). Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Aliakbari, Z. (2024). Investigating the phenomenon of dust and determining the synoptic pattern of selected events in North Khorasan province. , ( ). Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Contact Information

Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Desert Arid Zones Management

Phone: +985138805466