The IHO capacity building programme seeks to assess and advise on how countries can best meet their international obligations and serve their own best interests by providing appropriate hydrographic and nautical charting services. Such services directly support safety of navigation, safety of life at sea, efficient sea transportation and the wider use of the seas and oceans in a sustainable way, including the protection of the marine environment, coastal zone management, fishing, marine resource exploration and exploitation, maritime boundary delimitation, maritime defence and security, and o...[more]

Our department has responsibility to protect marine and terrestrial environment of Qeshm Island and adjacent Islands . Qeshm Islands including 4 cities, 70 villages and approximately 150000 population is about 2000 square kilometers. The most important ecosystems those marine ecosystem such as coral reefs, mangrove forest, and variety of sea shores including rocky shores, sandy beaches and mud flats exist in this Islands. In the another hand, the local community of the Island has long history in marine activities with cultural richness well known in Persian Gulf area. this issue ha...[more]