About us:
Nature Front Association (NFA) is a non-governmental environmental organization which has been established and officially started its activities on 1999. However, the main bases of its activities were initialized by its founder many years prior to official establishing of the NFA.
The main aim of NFA is helping to preserve and to revive of the nature. Therefore, different work groups and units have been organized in which our members, nature lovers and specialists have been activated to approach such goals.

Our Missions:
1- Spreading the culture of being friendly with the nature and communicating with it
2- Protecting the nature and preventing destruction of natural habitats
3- Supporting the wildlife, taking care, training and breeding of animals
4- Arranging nature-related research and studies specifically from its psychological and spiritual angles

Our projects and activities:
A number of NFA’s projects and activities can be mentioned as follow:
1- Gathering, translation and publishing of dozens of nature-related books and articles to revive the sense of friendship and communicating with the nature.
2- Preparation of photographic and audio-video documentaries
3- Film making and sound recording from different aspect of birds and animals life
4- Gathering programs and software, encyclopedia and comprehensive archives of natural sounds
5- Designing and construction of bird gardens and other natural exhibitions
6- Identification and organizing of nature lovers throughout the country in order to achieve environmental goals
7-  Communication and interaction with international associations and environmental organizations and the relevant figures
8-  Holding environmental seminars and conferences
9- Doing researches on how to take advantage of animal abilities in predicting natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes
10- Research and study on the psychological effects of natural sounds on humans
11- Consulting, research and training on environmental, wildlife, biotechnology issues and arranging Ecotours.
12- Looking after animals as well as training and working on their breeding and reproduction

Educational activities:
We aim to empower our members and other environmental activists to participate in addressing environmental issues and running the related programs. To reach this goal, the most prestigious courses is being held in cooperation with selected teachers. The courses are divided into general and professional categories some of which are as follow:
General courses:
- Practical documentation
- Herbs growing and nurturing
- Survival on the nature
Professional courses:
- Animal psychology and parapsychology
- Animal acoustics and  functional sound analysis
- Animal Kinesiology and functional analysis of their movements
- Animal and Plants Typology and Semiotics
- Methods of training animals and communicating with them
- Protective and supportive modeling in the nature

A brief description on protective projects of NFA:
As a practical manifestation of our goals, we have designed and implemented a number of protective and supportive projects parallel to our research and educational programs, a number or which will briefly be referred below:
1- Preventing animal slaughter
NFA prevents animal slaughter through buying and taking care of various species of birds and other animals from the hunters and capturers, especially the endangered species. Dealing with the offending industries is part of our future programs.
2- Acting to revive the Anzali Wetlands
Our activities in order to achieve this goal have been performed by arranging some studies on non-fuel motorboats, studying on the characteristics of Anzali Lagoon, having protective efforts on migratory birds and improving public awareness about the issue on villages nearby Anzali lagoon.
3- Establishment of special refuge for swans and other migratory birds
This project is running in parallel within the two provinces; Gilan and Mazandaran. The initial phase of the project has already been completed at Gilan province. It is performed with partnership of the related Department of Environment in Gilan.
The project of “Swans and Migratory Birds’ Specific Shelter” has been initially proposed by Nature Front Association (NFA) and supported by the Gilan’s Department of Environmental Protection. The initial phase of the project was including preparation of a six-hectare area adjacent to Selkeh lagoon with the aim of protection and providing support for swans and other migratory birds in wetlands, since the Selkeh lagoon it is the last real refuge for the swans.
The idea of this project was initially proposed by one of the NFA’s experts. Indeed, it was performed after complete series of comprehensive surveys and studies on international scientific references as well as necessary modeling and customizing of the idea with regard to the specific conditions of Selkeh Wetlands.
The constructive process was begun on late 2003 by fencing in the area to prevent the access of hunters and offenders.
To date, several years passed since the start of this project; nearly two-thirds of the swans which have entered the Selkeh zone have chosen it as a safe place. It’s worth mentioning that they are being fed several times, everyday.

Membership:
NFA accepts active members among professionals, faculty members, researchers, students, nature and wildlife lovers and people who tend to protect the rights of pets and animals.
Our goal is to realize one of the main objectives of this forum; formation a union for fans to come together for spreading the culture of friendship with the nature and restoring the human relationship with it. You can also join this union and enjoy the benefits of membership.