Will the health bridge change the management of Pardisan Eco Park?

According to Fars Shahri reporter, It was in 1996 that the Memorandum of Understanding on the improvement and revival of the Pardisan Nature Park in seven articles was signed by Isa Kalantari, the then Vice President and Head of the Environmental Protection Organization, and Mohammad Ali Najafi, the then Mayor.

Providing the necessary welfare facilities to spend leisure time in a natural and ecological platform for all strata and age and social groups, increasing the environmental and social capacities of Bostan Pardisan with the aim of preserving the city’s ecological reserves, allocating revenue sources for welfare-recreational and service uses. Bostan, based on the scope determined in row two of article four, during the contract implementation period, in order to compensate part of the costs to the municipality, part of the issues raised in this memorandum.

Also, providing services related to the comprehensive plan of Pardisan Nature Park (approved by the Commission of Article 5 of the Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture) with priority Providing water resources, security, lighting, development and maintenance of green space, preservation and improvement of plant exhibition spaces, use of new energy and provision of comfort, cultural, sports and educational facilities without changing the structure of the park and maintaining the implementation and main elements of the plan. Jame Pardisan, creating a suitable place in the park as a quarantine for plant species and other species in times of need, building a museum of plant and animal species, holding general and specialized education programs, especially on environmental occasions, some of the tasks of Tehran Municipality in This is the memorandum.

The validity of this seven-article memorandum was declared valid for 15 years from the date of signing, i.e. October 16, 2016, and it can be extended.

But during this 5-year period, Pardisan Park was not managed as it should be for a parent park in Tehran. The occurrence of many events in these years showed that the dual management of the park has affected the way it is served.

Several cases of fire due to the lighting of fire and the lack of proper monitoring conditions, and even a conflict that led to the shooting and death of one of the compatriots, indicate the confusion and sloppiness of the management of this large park.

The environmental organization has not requested the municipality to provide services

In an interview with Fars reporter, Mehdi Salehi, the mayor of Tehran’s 2nd district, pointed out that the ownership of the park belongs to the Environmental Protection Organization and that the municipality helps this organization in providing services according to the memorandum of understanding that was established in 1996. Tehran Municipality’s service in this park is also in the form of maintenance of the remaining green spaces, which is done by the Tehran Municipal Parks Organization, and if there is a deficiency in the field of providing intensity, it is because no help has been requested from the municipality.

The added value of Park Pardisan services increases

The mayor of the 2nd region of Tehran announced the implementation of the second phase of the 2nd health bridge between the 13-hectare garden complex of Gharb town and Pardisan park and said: With the implementation of this plan, the number of visitors to Pardisan park and the type of service will definitely change and naturally after that. We are entering the phase of more coordination with the park authorities, because a part of the 47 km in question is in Pardisan Park.

By stating that we expect to start a new cooperation with the environmental organization, in order to increase the level of service in that complex, he expressed: In this way, the service in the park will create more added value for the organization in order to Improve the environment to use.

Salehi added: The issue of providing resources to increase the service level is another issue that should be taken into consideration.

Pardisan nature park with an area of ​​275 hectares is a breathing window in the northwest of Tehran, which is 550 hectares with the surrounding parks, this area has 530 valuable plant species. It includes 443 car species and 87 cultivated species from Pardisan and nearby areas (Milad Tower).

Therefore, Pardisan is one of the forest parks that has a comprehensive eco-park plan. However, due to the disruption of the integrity of the park, the construction of various buildings and, most importantly, the lack of funds, its implementation was never prioritized.

During the recent years, although the deed of this park was registered in the name of the government in the 1970s-1977, there were always various issues about it, the most important of which was the “transfer and sale of the Pardisan Nature Eco Park” to one of the organizations that was approved. It was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers in 2009, according to the then deputy official of the Environmental Organization. While before the revolution, it was planned to become a nature park with the design of different ecosystems of the world.

Based on extensive research since 2017, the vegetation of this area has been investigated and in order to prepare a comprehensive regional management plan in order to protect Tehran’s ecosystem. The aim of this research is to preserve and restore the natural vegetation and create green space in this area according to the ecological values, recreational, scientific and research needs in Tehran.

The construction of Nahj Balagha Park led to the loss of about 74 plant species

Hossein Akhani, a botanist, believes that the construction of Nahj Balagha Park has led to the loss of about 74 plant species.

According to him, the vegetation of Pardisan is the remaining steppe growths and temperate grasslands, which, because it is located between the Alborz foothills to the north and the desert steppes to the south, has elements of both groups.

According to the present research, the central part of Pardisan has the highest species richness and the west of Pardisan (along the Farahzad valley) has the most valuable plant species.

Pardisan has a high conservation value and it is better to turn it into an urban protected area in the form of a national natural monument in order to preserve this valuable heritage.

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