伊朗的環境運動者對於他們的當地政府對保護自然棲地的承諾深感悲觀；然而，當地社群所提出的草根倡議卻提供了些許希望，這些社群運用自己的力量來照顧野生物。
從1979年伊朗革命以來，其宗教領袖及政治領袖即不斷地強調自然保育的重要性，但是環保人士卻表示，事實上對自然資源漫無限制的揮霍，足以增加災難的發生。
山姆是一個相當重要且備受爭議的新聞記者，他擁有一個專注於環境事務的部落格，但他的部落格所呈現出來的格調是相當悲觀的。事實上，他自己對於綠色議題的著作，經常是透過抗議的形式，更甚於期望達成某種正面的結果。他說，他所做的主要是想藉由宣傳活動，讓人們了解哪些人正在摧毀伊朗的自然環境，以及哪些人藉著保護環境的言論去掩飾他們破壞環境的惡行。
山姆將自己視為是伊朗改革意識的一部份，是忠誠的反對黨；反過來說，同樣身為記者，奈瑟爾卻與環保評論的連結更加親近，同時其也堅信伊朗必須往永續發展邁進。
奈瑟爾說，當他的國家簽署了所有與環境議題相關的國際協定之後，很多實際的問題是關於這些文件中所承諾要兌現的，就能獲得解決。
在伊朗致力於環境議題最大且最嚴謹的團體是位於德黑蘭的「藝術與自然俱樂部」（Art and Nature Club），其受到「聯合國開發計畫署」（United Nations Development Programme）的計畫支持。
在其最近的一次會議當中，該俱樂部舉行了一場紀錄片的放映，片中講述關於伊朗北部古森林受到破壞的情形，這片古森林遠遠看上去就好像裏海（Caspian Sea）穿了一件裙子一樣。
而在紀錄片的最後一幕，鏡頭聚焦在一份報紙的頭條，上頭寫道：「森林，再見」。
Environmental campaigners in Iran are deeply pessimistic about the authorities' commitment to protecting natural habitats. But some hope is offered by grassroots initiatives where local communities have taken it upon themselves to look after wildlife.
The religious and political leaders who have governed Iran since the 1979 revolution have always stressed the importance of nature conservation. But environmentalists say that in reality, the unchecked squandering of natural resources adds up to a disaster.
Sam is a prominent and controversial journalist who keeps a weblog on environmental affairs. The tone of his blog is completely downbeat. In fact, Sam sees his own work writing about green issues, as a form of protest rather than anything that is going to achieve positive results. All he is doing, he says, is publicizing the activities of those who are bent on destroying Iran's natural wealth, and who cover up their depredations with talk of protecting the environment.
Sam sees himself as part of Iran's reform-minded opposition. Nasser, on the other hand, is a journalist more closely connected with the conservative press. But he too is committed to sustainable development.
Nasser says that while his country has signed all the international conventions on environmental issues, there are real questions to be answered about the extent to which these documents are honoured in practice.
The largest and most serious group working on environmental issues in Iran is the Art and Nature Club in Tehran, which is supported by the United Nations Development Programme.
At one of its recent meetings, the club held a screening of a documentary about the destruction of the ancient forests of northern Iran which skirt the Caspian Sea.
In the final shots of the documentary, the camera zoomed in on a newspaper headline saying Goodbye Forest?
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