Her Excellency Mrs. Amna bint Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, confirmed that the Ministry attaches great importance to the affording of housing cities and the allocation of many green spaces in all projects. in line with the Kingdom's plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, and efforts to provide quality housing cities s Sustainable Development Goal 2030, which provides for "inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities".
This came at the launch of the afforestation initiative of the East Zirah Housing City Project in the presence of Her Excellency Ms. Amna bint Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, His Excellency Sheikha Maram bint Isa Al-Khalifa, Secretary-General of the National Agricultural Sector Development Initiative and His Excellency Mr. Sheikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Under-Secretary for Municipal Affairs, His Excellency Engineer Asim Abdul Latif Abdullah, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning and engineer Yasser Abd al-Rahim al-Abbasi, President of the Gulf Petrochemical Industry Company, and a number of officials of the Ministry and those responsible for the initiative.
On the margins of the initiative's launch, Minister Amna Al-Rumaihi appreciated the efforts of Her Excellency Sheikha Maram bint Isa Al-Khalifa, Secretary-General of the National Initiative for the Development of the Agricultural Sector, and all those implementing afforestation initiatives. The objectives of this initiative are to support the Kingdom's strategies to increase the green area by coordinating with the public and private sectors to implement afforestation projects, sustain the development and development of the agricultural sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain and highlight the Kingdom's aesthetic features and interest in agriculture as a historical legacy.
Minister Al-Rumaihi said that the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning was supporting the efforts of the National Afforestation Initiative on the basis of a common interest in increasing the green area in housing city projects The East Jacket City Afforestation Initiative is the second of its kind, Following the launch of the East Border City Afforestation Initiative earlier In this regard, noting that the Ministry, in coordination with the National Initiative for the Development of the Agricultural Sector, has launched a new initiative in initiating the delivery of housing units in the city of East Citra, It is intended to provide each beneficiary with an agricultural seedling unit, with the aim of encouraging agriculture within the housing units.
The Minister of Housing and Urban Planning also commended the significant support and active involvement of GPIC
Her Excellency also thanked GPIC for their continued support of the campaign, noting the importance of activating further joint cooperation methods to contribute to the promotion of the agricultural sector and the expansion of the Green Slope in all regions of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
For his part, Engineer Yasser Abdul Rahim Al Abassi, Chief Executive Officer of the Gulf Petrochemical Industry Company, commended the success of the afforestation plan, Commending in this regard the tireless efforts of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Supreme Council for Women. s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture ", in introducing and monitoring the implementation of several environmental and green initiatives, as well as the efforts of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning for the afforestation of residential areas, further commending the cooperation shown by all agencies concerned with environmental conservation and increasing the green area and afforestation in all regions of the Kingdom of Bahrain to achieve the desired environmental impacts and maintain air quality.
He also expressed appreciation for the extraordinary efforts of His Excellency Sheikha Maram bint Isa Al Khalifa, Secretary-General of the National Initiative for the Development of the Agricultural Sector, in following up the stages of the launch of the National Campaign for Afforestation "Blood Green".
The positive environmental impact of the afforestation campaign prompted the company to continue to support the next stages of the plan, which would promote the Government's objectives of achieving carbon neutrality as well as biodiversity. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has become an important site for the implementation of environmental initiatives that will contribute effectively to the promotion of sustainability and the dissemination of community awareness about the importance of agriculture and its important role in the preservation of clean air and a healthy environment for the Kingdom's population and residents.
