According to the Mehr news agency, citing the Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, a scientific meeting was held to review the country’s deep water exploration and exploitation plan focusing on the Sistan region, with the presence of Abdul Hassan Bahrami, head of the steering center for the development of knowledge-based economy, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Nourbakhsh, secretary of the water and environment technology development staff, and a group of experts, scientific experts, water and environment activists, and representatives of executive bodies.
This meeting was held with the aim of reviewing the actions taken, achievements and challenges related to the exploitation of deep waters in the Sistan region and providing the basis for drafting an expert and specialized statement to be presented to the Islamic Council. During this meeting, the results of the studies conducted in the field of hydrogeology, hydrochemistry and isotopic studies of deep waters in the Sistan region were discussed and the necessity of a scientific, staged and evidence-based approach to this issue was emphasized.
In this meeting, issues such as the necessity of defining and revising the governance of deep waters, explaining the place of geology in the water governance system, the scope of scientific and research studies, and the need to accurately determine the role and responsibility of the executive bodies and assigning the executive steps to the respective ministries were discussed and discussed.
Abdul Hassan Bahrami, the head of the steering center of the knowledge-based economy development headquarters of the presidential vice president for science, technology and knowledge-based economy, in this meeting, referring to the high sensitivity of the issue of deep water, especially in dry and water-scarce areas of the country, said: in the past years, hopes have been created among the people of dry areas, including Sistan and Baluchistan province, regarding this water source, and on the other hand, any move towards the extraction of deep water requires spending significant resources from Bait-ul-Mal. Therefore, the approach of the Scientific Vice President since the beginning of Hossein Afshin’s arrival, the Scientific Vice President, has been based on strengthening scientific studies, research and informed decision-making.
Emphasizing that the Scientific Vice-Chancellor does not have an executive mission in water extraction projects, he clarified: the role of this Vice-Chancellor is scientific and technological role-playing and helping to form rational decisions based on research results, and the implementation of projects should be done within the framework of the duties of the executive bodies, including the Ministry of Energy and other relevant ministries.
Bahrami added: In this regard, several study and research projects have been defined and started with the participation of scientific and research centers inside and outside the country that have potential scientific capacities.
Referring to the outcome of the interaction with the Islamic Council, the head of the steering center of the knowledge-based economy development headquarters pointed out that the main goal of these meetings is to achieve a road map and expert summary centered on the scientific assistant and with the consensus of elites and experts in this field, so that a rational statement based on scientific consensus can be prepared and presented before the official meeting in the parliament. He announced plans to hold several more expert meetings with the presence of critics, experts and representatives of related institutions and commissions of the parliament and emphasized the necessity of synergistic views in the expert environment.
In the continuation of this meeting, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Noorbakhsh, secretary of the water, energy and environment knowledge-based economy development headquarters of the presidential vice president for science, technology and knowledge-based economy, referring to the composition of those present at the meeting, said that this meeting was held with the presence of university professors, experts in the field of underground water and geology, scientific advisors of the headquarters and representatives of executive bodies, including the Majlis Research Center. He added: At the beginning of the meeting, a report on the latest achievements of deep water studies, which was previously presented in the supervisory committee of the Islamic Parliament, was given to the attendees.
Noorbakhsh stated that the main goal of this meeting is to compile a road map for completing and continuing deep water studies based on the task of the Islamic Council and said that this road map will be compiled in the form of a brief and practical statement or document. According to him, the draft of this document will be given to the experts before the next meeting and its finalization will be based on the opinions and views raised in these specialized meetings.
At the end of this meeting, the attendees emphasized the necessity of continuing scientific dialogues, using the capacity of elites and executive bodies, and avoiding haste in making decisions about deep waters, and they considered drafting an expert statement based on scientific consensus to be an important step towards accurate and responsible decision-making in this area.
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