Al-Hasakah plants 4,000 saplings under the Al-Ghayth initiative

Planting work for 4,000 saplings began today, Sunday, in the city of Al-Hasakah as part of the "Al-Ghayth" civil afforestation initiative, with the participation of teams from the Emergency Directorate and Disaster Management Administration and local community figures, aiming to increase green spaces, enhance vegetation cover, and improve the city's environmental reality and aesthetic appearance.

For his part, Mohammed Al-Nazal, coordinator of the Emergency Directorate and Disaster Management Administration team participating in the campaign, clarified that the teams planted 150 saplings at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and along the street opposite it in Al-Nashwa neighborhood, with the participation of community figures and a number of university students. Al-Nazal pointed out that the Directorate's participation comes within the framework of enhancing cooperation between official institutions and the local community, and spreading the culture of voluntary work and awareness of the importance of trees and the necessity of preserving and caring for them.

The initiator of the "Al-Ghayth" initiative, Nouh Al-Aboud, added that the initiative involved purchasing 4,000 saplings from Tartous Governorate and transporting them to Al-Hasakah in cooperation with the Emergency Directorate and Disaster Management Administration, clarifying that they include multiple types, such as eucalyptus, cypress, umbrella trees, and kizbirina. He noted that planting the saplings will include a number of gardens in the city's neighborhoods in the coming period, in addition to the northern entrance of Al-Hasakah, from Sinalko roundabout to Al-Sabbagh roundabout, on both sides of the road and in medians.

Al-Aboud explained that the initiative aims to compensate for the loss of vegetation cover due to tree cutting in previous years, and to increase green spaces, given the role of trees in improving environmental conditions and limiting the effects of dust storms and dust spread. Afforestation initiatives come amid a decline in vegetation cover in several areas of Syria due to drought, tree cutting, and environmental conditions, making the increase of green spaces a necessity to improve air quality, limit desertification and dust storms, and enhance ecological balance and the aesthetic appearance of cities.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)