Salman Shooshtarian of Iran has informed
TVNI
He reports that VS technology is very new in Iran and unknown to
many researchers and experts, though they are interested to know about Vetiver.
Some limited projects have been developed for phytoremediation in waste management
sites, for stabilizing river banks and for ornamental purposes.
He tells us: "We have an Iranian vetiver NGO which serves to inform other people about this
plant and holds some workshops".
Below are
photographs from that he has sent of some of the ongoing work. The first three pictures are from a project
in Khouzestan Province to stabilize three river banks. The projects have been done
by Khouzestan Organization of Water and Power.
The last picture is from a waste disposal site in Shiraz municipality; They had
been looking for a plant, like vetiver, that was
adapted to the climate there and that could be used as a phytoremediation agent
to absorb the leachate from urban waste. Additional information can be found on these two projects at: (i) Vetiver stabilizing of river banks in Khouzestan province: http://kwpa.info/vglfijdcaw6dy.,yww.gip.html and (ii) Vetiver in an urban landfill
for leachate clean up: http://eshiraz.ir/news/bazyaft/fa/4305. These websites are in Persian, but may also be read using Google
Translate.
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