The Association of Iraqi Private Banks Participates in the Workshop «Afforestation and its Role in Mitigating the Negative Effects of Climate Change»

by **claud39** Sun Jul 07, 2019 7:54 am

The Association of Iraqi Private Banks Participates in the Workshop «Afforestation and its Role in Mitigating the Negative Effects of Climate Change»

06/07/2019

Economy News Baghdad

The Department of Forestry and Combating Desertification in Erbil Governorate held a workshop on "Afforestation and its Role in Mitigating the Negative Effects of Climate Change" on Saturday.

The workshop was held in cooperation with the Central Bank of Iraq and the Association of Iraqi private banks and the initiative of Tamkeen, and attended by a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Iraq Walid Idi and the Director General of the Department of Forestry and Combat Desertification in the province of Arbil Ruaa Mazal as well as the engineering team in the Association of Iraqi private banks.

The workshop witnessed the establishment of two panel discussions that discussed important issues related to afforestation and its role in mitigating the negative effects of climate change presented by professors from Iraqi universities who are specialized in this matter.

"We hope that all of us will reach positive results that will confront the challenge of desertification, which is now creeping across our country and the region as a whole, with negative consequences for health, the environment and the economy," said Muhannad Munther, regional director of the Association of Iraqi Private Banks. In our country, which was known throughout history in the blackness and the great rivers of the Tigris and the Euphrates. "

He stressed the need to accelerate the adoption of bold and effective steps in the areas of water management, the cultivation of desert lands and the entrances of cities in millions of seedlings and extend them by means of living and growth through the provision of sources of irrigation and sustainable care.

He pointed out that "in order to achieve this great goal initiated by the Association of Iraqi private banks in cooperation with the Central Bank of Iraq to launch the initiative / empowerment / to meet this challenge of the threat of desertification, which has become a threat to half the area of Iraq and the amount of 94 million acres, and 53% of the country the college".

Munther stressed that "the Association of Iraqi private banks was able, with the support and encouragement and support of the Central Bank and through the contributions of private banks in the Fund" Tamkeen "to launch a large campaign to plant and plant more than two million seedlings throughout Iraq under the slogan" for a green Iraq "and in cooperation with the Ministry Agriculture - Department of Forestry, represents a first step modest on the way to meet the need of Iraq to 15 billion trees to cover all deserted land.

"We are confident that this workshop, held in conjunction with the World Day to Combat Desertification adopted by the United Nations, will contribute to laying solid foundations, solid studies and effective mechanisms to confront this serious scourge, desertification, global warming and climate change.

"The holding of this important workshop in Erbil represents an opportunity to support the initiative of Tamkeen and extend it to plans, mechanisms and future visions. It is also an opportunity to join the Kurdistan Region to the" Tamkeen "initiative, which is of interest to all without exception, especially after the invasion of the Iraqi cities without exception, And the rapid decline in the effects of erosion and storms and the decline of the agricultural sector and the recurrence of drought years and the deterioration of ecosystems due to wars and siege, which requires immediate intervention and strong coordination of all Iraqis.

At the end of the workshop, a working group consisting of (the Ministry of Agriculture, the Central Bank of Iraq and the Iraqi Private Banks Association) was formed to come up with recommendations to be followed to ensure that the desired results are reached to achieve the desired goal for which this initiative was launched.

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