The fifth general mountaineering course of the Iran Nature Friends club was held in the District 14 of Tehran city. The course was hosted by the municipality of the District 14 of Tehran with the cooperation of the municipality of Tehran grand city and the support of the embassy of Austria.

These courses, which are in the field of international activities of the Sports organization, are planned for 800 municipality employees of all 22 districts of Tehran. The aim here is to invite people to nature and to introduce the Iran Nature Friends club to the public.

This cooperation is an important step in sports international activities and after these courses, we expect to observe the presence of the participants taking part in Eco-tourism and mountaineering to develop sustainable tourism.

This course was started on 31 January hosted by the municipality of the District 14 of Tehran with the presence of Mr. Babaee, the head of social services’ welfare center of District 14 Tehran municipality, Mr. Mashhadiyari, the head of the Recreation Department in Sports organization of Tehran municipality, and Mr. Asefi, a member of Iran nature-friends club board.

International Nature-Friends club with 40 countries as its members and 125 years of experience is one of the greatest sports and cultural clubs in the world and Iran has joined this club since 2017.

This club has started its activities as the Iran Nature Friends club and is continuing its activities in the fields of developing sustainable tourism, standardization, and inclusive educational programs related to eco-tourism and mountaineering. In line with these goals, the Iran Nature Friends club has started its cooperation with Tehran municipality to educate 800 employees weekly.

The fifth course was started on 31 January hosted by the District 14 municipality of Tehran.

Living the nature, creating active and positive recreations among societies, and reducing the gap between people and nature are the most important goals of this club.

General informing about the destructive effects of urban life, filling the gap between people and nature by education, and general informing based on regional ecosystems, are the most important philosophy of this club. A hard strive to take to start inviting people to enjoy and protect nature.

Iran nature-friends club has been chosen as the first country that has joined international nature friend in Asia.

The missions of this club, which tries to achieve its goals in the most favorable way, are inclusive information and education besides living the nature in the approaches of maintaining natural and cultural heritage in societies for all humans and sustainable tourism.

We hope that these provided educational projects result in an increase in public knowledge and encourage societies to play their role in eco-tourism.

The educational contents in this course were presented on 31 Jan-2 Feb. The two first days of the course, which were theoretical topics, were held in a municipal social and cultural deputy building hosted by the District 14 of Tehran city, and the last day was held as a workshop in Azadegan park (Azadegan lake) of Tehran.

Educational presented topics in the fifth course of nature-friends:

Nature and mountains geography

Natural environment preservation- Sports and entertainment

Nutrition in nature and personal health care in mountains

Photography in nature

Leadership in the group- Nature hazards

Landscapes in eco-tourism

Eco-tourism equipment

Navigation in nature

The topics were educated in 12 hours by the masters of this field.

Theoretical masters:

Mr. Farid roushanaee, a nature-based photographer

Mr. Hosein Rasaee, mountain guide

Mr. Mehdi Soheil Farid, the head of the navigation department of the mountaineering federation

Dr. Khojasteh, nutrition expert

Workshop masters:

Mr. Arash Iravani

Mr. Hosein Vahidi, a member of the Iran Navigation national team

The first day of the fifth course on 31st January 14-20:

The first session of the third eco-tourism and mountaineering course of Iran nature-friends club was held with the presence of the head of social services welfare center of District 14 municipality of Tehran, Mr. Babaee, The head of the Recreation Department of the Sports organization, Mr. Mohammad Mashhadiyari, and A member of Iran nature-friends club board, Mr. Soheil Asefi.

Educational topics including Nature and mountains geography, natural Environment preservation, Sports and recreation, Nutrition in nature, Personal healthcare in mountains, Eco-tourism equipment, Backpacks and their different types, Organizing backpacks, mountains introduction, Safety in mountains were taught on the first day.

The second day of the fifth course on 1st February 14-20:

On the second day of the course, Photography in nature, leadership in the group, Nature hazards, Landscapes in eco-tourism, Eco-tourism equipment topics were taught.

The third day of the fifth course on 2nd February 14-18:

The third day of the course was held as a workshop in Azadegan Park practically. Maps and navigation, and introduction to Mountaineering hazards were taught.

The number of participants	97	District 11-12-13-14
Course time	14-20	District 11-12-13-14