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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

Akbari, M. (2025). Spatio-temporal monitoring of drought indices and their impact on vegetation cover in Zagros region, Iran under climate change scenarios. Journal of Rangeland Science, 15 (2), 1-14.
Akbari, M. (2025). Analysis of Environmental Sustainability Using Ecological Footprint and Bio-Carrying Capacity. Journal of Rangeland Science, 15 (3), 1-13.
Khashtabeh, R., Akbari, M., Heiari, A. (2025). Examination of the Concentrations of Five Heavy Metals in Soils Surrounding the Sangan Iron Ore Mines and Impact on the Human Health Risk. Journal of Mining and Environment, 16 (5), 1827-1840.
Rashki, A. (2025). Monitoring and simulation of a 7-day dust episode and associated dust radiative forcing over the Middle East via synergy of satellite observations, reanalysis datasets and regional/numerical models. Atmospheric Research, 316 (), 107948-107948.
Malamiri, N., Rashki, A. (2025). Socioeconomic and Health Impacts of Dust Storms in Southwest Iran. Atmosphere, 16 (2), 159-184.
Jahani, M., Dastorani, M., & Rashki, A. (2025). پیش بینی جریان های سیلابی بر اساس راهکار ترکیبی داده های گوگل ارث انجین و مدل های هوش مصنوعی. , 12 (4), 51-72.
Ghayeni, H., Khanehbad, M., & Rashki, A. (2025). Grain size analysis and sedimentological characteristics of wind-blown sands: a case study of Barchan dunes in the Erg of Tabas, central Iran. Aeolian Research, 74 (1), 100993-11.
Ghayeni, H., Khanehbad, M., & Rashki, A. (2025). Geochemical and mineralogical variations in barchan dune sands in the Erg of Tabas, Central Iran: implications for sediment provenance. Catena, 261 (), 109554-109572.
Gholami, M., Akbari, M., Mahmoudabadi, E. (2025). Analyzing the impacts of natural and anthropogenic drivers on the spatio-temporal changes of net primary production in northeastern Iran. Anthropocene, 52 (100502), 1-16.

Recent theses and dissertations


Contact Information

Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

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

Phone: +985138805466