UNESCO Geo-Park in Iran:
Qeshm Geo-Park in Qeshm Island
Qeshm Geo-Park is located in western part of Qeshm Island and is one of the world's largest salt caves. It is 6,000 meters long and as unique characteristics. The Qeshm Geo-park has many advantages for different sciences, particularly geology,
zoology, botany and archaeology.
National Geo-Parks in Iran:
A) Arasbaran:
This biosphere reserve situated in the north of Iran at the border to Armenia and Azerbaijan belongs to the Caucasus Iranian Highlands. In-between the Caspian, Caucasus and Mediterranean region, the area covers mountains up to 2,200 meters, high alpine meadows, semiarid steppes, rangelands and forests, rivers and springs. Arasbaran is the territory of about 23,500 nomads who are mainly living in the buffer and transition zones (2000). Economic activities in the biosphere reserve are mainly agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture, apiculture, handicrafts and tourism, but business activities can also be found in urbanized areas.
B) Golestan:
Golestan Biosphere Reserve is located in the northern part of Iran at the border to Turkmenistan.
It belongs to the Caucaso-Iranian highlands and is situated in-between the sub-humid and semiarid Caspian regions. The biosphere reserve represents three biomes: temperate rain forest, cold (continental) winter and semi-deserts and mixed mountain and highland systems. A vast variety of habitats can be found, such as closed forests, open woodlands and shrubs, mountain meadows, steppes, halophytic, hygrophilous and aquatic communities. Golestan is also designated as a national park. Golestan offers a great ethnic diversity. The 26,000 inhabitants (2000) of the biosphere reserve are Turk, Persian and Kurdish. Their main activities consist in agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture, industry, silk production and tourism.
C) Miankaleh:
The Miankaleh Biosphere Reserve is located at the south-eastern part of the Caspian Sea. Major habitats include wetlands, inter-tidal mud with sandy shore, shallow marine waters, forested peat lands, raspberry shrub forests, tamaris forests and agricultural areas. Miankaleh was designated a Ramsar site in 1975. About 109,200 Turkmen and Iranians live in the biosphere reserve on a seasonal basis (2000). Their main sources of income come from agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, handicrafts, carpet weaving, traditional poultry farming and tourism.
D) Kavir:
The Kavir Biosphere Reserve is located – together with the Touran biosphere reserve - in the Anatolian Iranian Desert. The Kavir plain mainly covers flood plains and low mountain ranges.Apart from arid and semi-arid desert vegetation, steppe communities, salted and sandy lands make special characteristics of the biosphere reserve. Including nomads, there are about 35,000 people living in the biosphere reserve (2002) belonging to different tribes. Seasonal grazing by nomads’ livestock takes place in the core area.
E) Hara:
Hara Biosphere Reserve is located in the south of Iran in the Straits of Khuran between Qeshm Island and the Persian Gulf. Situated in the Mehran River delta, it hosts the largest Avicennia mangrove along the Persian Gulf shoreline and therefore represents a rich biodiversity in Iran. The Strait of Khuran is also a Ramsar site, providing habitat to two globally threatened species: a wintering habitat for the pelican Pelecanus crispus, and a regular feeding place for the green turtle Chelonia mydas. In 2000, about 30,500 people lived in the area, mainly engaged in trading. Additionally, there are some palm tree plantations, animal husbandry and fishing activities and ship construction industries.
…
To lean more of the tours :
Phone:
Email : 
Address:# 60, first floor, Maryam Building,East Maryam Street,Elahieh ,Modares Highway, Tehran, Iran