Towards a green Kirkuk by 2030. The College of Agriculture begins a planting campaign for the governorate’s schools

Under the direct guidance of the respected President of the University of Kirkuk, Professor Dr. Imran Jamal Hassan, and under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Assistant Professor Dr. Osama Ibrahim Ahmed, and the Head of the Department of Forest Sciences, Professor Dr. Shaheen Abbas Mustafa, and with field follow-up by the Rapporteur of the Department of Forest Sciences, Asst. Lect. Muhammad Muntaz Ibrahim, the College of Agriculture began taking steps to plant trees in the governorate’s schools, in implementation of its program that it launched 'towards a green Kirkuk by 2030'.

The Dean of the College explained, “The students of the Department of Forestry Sciences and the teaching staff at the College of Agriculture carried out a campaign to plant trees in some primary schools in the governorate, and that this campaign will continue to include all schools and kindergartens, in order to increase the area of green spaces to combat climate change reducing environmental pollutants in addition to the aesthetic benefits of trees and shrubs".