Iraq Development Program - US$4.5m for developing Iraq’s forests

US$4.5m for developing Iraq’s forests (21/06/07) The Ministry of Agriculture’s Public Company for Horticulture and Forestry have started executing its national project for developing Iraq’s forests.

		The project will take four years to complete and has received allocations of more than six billion dinars (approximately US$4.5 million). A ministry source said a plan was devised last year to compensate for scores of trees that were randomly torn down during the last two decades. Most of these areas are in the artificial forests which, before the fall of the regime exceeded 60,000 dunums (one dunum equals about 2500 square metres).
The project will introduce new species to better the environment and will also have economic benefits from the production of commercial woods. The source pointed out that last year’s project for developing and improving forests was completed with allocations of more than 810 million dinars. In related news, 180 agriculture departments throughout Iraq’s provinces have started planting 50 dunums in each province with trees. The total area to be planted exceeds 9,000 dunums. Source: Noozz

US$4.5m for developing Iraq’s forests (21/06/07)