College of Education for Girls Holds a Scientific Awareness Seminar Entitled: (Healthy Soil for Healthy Cities)

College of Education for Girls Holds a Scientific Awareness Seminar Entitled:

(Healthy Soil for Healthy Cities).

Under the patronage of the President of the University of Shatrah, Prof. Dr. Basim Abdul-Hussein Jarallah,

and under the supervision of the Dean of the College of Education for Girls, Prof. Dr. Afrah Abd Maktouf,

the Department of Biology at the College of Education for Girls held a scientific awareness seminar entitled:

(Healthy Soil for Healthy Cities), coinciding with the celebration of World Soil Day, which falls on the fifth of December each year, to shed light on the importance of healthy soil and its role in building healthy cities.

The seminar was presented by the lecturer:

Asst. Lect. Baneen Nadhif Tarboush / Department of Biology.

The seminar was held in line with the directions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to spread environmental awareness and promote the concepts of sustainable management of natural resources, particularly soil as the fundamental pillar of life.

The seminar addressed the main themes relating to the importance of soil, including:

1. Soil is the source of food for 95% of global food production.

2. It provides 15 essential natural elements for plants.

3. Its active role in combating climate change by storing carbon and improving the ecosystem.

The lecturer also pointed to a number of measures for protecting soil from pollution, including:

Reducing the use of chemicals.

Promoting organic farming.

Applying sustainable agriculture techniques.

Planting trees to limit erosion and soil loss.

The seminar also touched on sound waste management through:

Recycling and remanufacturing.

Proper treatment of industrial waste.

In addition to presenting the most important natural and biological techniques, such as:

Biological control.

Bioremediation.

The seminar also included a theme on improving water management through:

Levelling the soil.

Constructing drainage channels.

Reducing waste and leaching.

The seminar stressed the importance of proper grazing management to maintain a balanced vegetation cover that ensures soil stability and renewal.

At the conclusion of the seminar, the lecturer affirmed that community awareness is the most important element in protecting soil and ensuring its sustainability, by spreading the culture of reducing, reusing and recycling, whether in workplaces or in homes.

The seminar was attended by a number of the department's professors and a group of students, and included scientific discussions that enriched the topic and showed the importance of environmental awareness in building a healthy and sustainable society.

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