Manama: The Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture launched a mobile arboretum initiative during Ramadhan to help raise environmental awareness and encourage citizens to participate in afforestation efforts.
The ministry, in cooperation with the Capital Municipal Council and municipal councils, distributed 4,455 seedlings to citizens and residents through this initiative across 14 areas throughout the kingdom’s governorates.
Shaikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture, emphasised that the initiative, the first of its kind in Bahrain, aligns with the kingdom’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, as well as the national afforestation strategy
Source: Bahrain News Agency