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Iran Mountain Zone (IMZ)

Introcuction

Iran Mountain Zone (IMZ) is the first Encyclopedia of Iran's Mountains, created as an online database available on World Wide Web. The Web site has gone online since the summer of 2002 in English and Persian (Farsi).
Iran Mountain Zone is an independent organization and does not have any affiliation to any club, institution, or organization. The contents of this encyclopedia are collected by a group of volunteers from Iran's mountaineering community, and also researchers who work in the field of Iran's mountains.

Motivations and Goals

IMZ as a comprehensive project was initiated in the International Year of Mountains. The major goals of this project are as follows:

  1. The designation of year 2002 as the International Year of Mountains by the United Nations shows the crucial role of mountainous regions in the environment around the globe. Most of the associations and organizations (governmental and non-governmental) that work on issues related to mountains around the world have praised and supported UN's positive initiative. By creating and maintaining Iran’s Mountains Encyclopedia, IMZ has become one of such organizations that support this global move.

  2. There is a huge body of knowledge about Iran's mountains and mountaineering experience that need to be documented and organized properly. Unfortunately, little effort has been done on this front so far. IMZ is an attempt to improve the existing situation in this regard.

  3. There is no concentration of the works done by researchers who work on issues related to Iran's mountains. IMZ aims at collecting all of such research materials in a single central database.

  4. IMZ is created to enrich the public knowledge and to create an environment-aware culture with the ultimate goal of preventing further global environmental destructions.

  5. IMZ is designed to be an online database in order to be publicly available for millions of Internet users around the world.

Contents

Mountainous Regions of Iran: Information on Iran's mountain ranges, caves, glaciers, lakes, and wildlife.
A database of Iran's Peaks: A complete set of information about major peaks in Iran, including geographical position, photos, mountaineering trails, shelters and camps, etc.
Trip Reports: A database of reports of various exploratory trips including climbing summits and cliffs, exploring caves, trekking trails in the mountain forests, etc.
Articles: A large collection of articles and research papers on Iran's mountains.
Publications Guide: A guide to all books, magazines, maps, and other materials published by various organizations.
Maps: A collection of online maps with useful information about each region.
Photo Archive: Thousands of artistic and informative photos taken by a large group of Iran's mountain-lovers.
Clubs and Organizations: A database of all clubs, associations, and organizations who operate in the related fields to Iran's mountains.
Gears and Equipments Guide: A database of Iranian companies that manufacture mountaineering, climbing, and trekking gears.
Online Tour Guide: Introducing hundreds of tours and trips highly suggested by experienced guides, along with a set of useful information about each trip, including the maps, timing, required gears, etc.
Event Calendar: Covering all major events related to Iran’s mountains taking place in each year. Such events include talks, seminars, forums, galleries, competitions, etc.
Forecast Information: IMZ will mediate forecast information available from various sources and make it available in order to help safer trips in Iran's mountains.
News: It is an active, up-to-date news center on all activities and events related to Iran's mountains.

Mohammad Hajabolfath
General Manager

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