BRCS organizes GCC course on agriculture and environment

BRCS organizes GCC course on agriculture and environment

The Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS), in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council, organized a workshop on agriculture and the environment presented by Dr. Nilofer Jahromi, head of the agricultural environmental team and Head of Young & Youth Committee in the society, in which 45 volunteers and those interested in the environmental field from the national societies of the Red Crescent in the Arab Gulf countries participated. The course covered climate change, the economic, social, and environmental consequences of environmental degradation, the importance of afforestation and agriculture in our daily lives, and how to select and use plants in landscaping, planting, caring for, and maintaining them through various processes such as reproduction, irrigation, and fertilization. Mr. Mubarak Al-Hadi, Secretary-General of the Bahrain Red Crescent Society, explained that this training course is part of the Society’s desire to incorporate the environmental aspect into its relief and humanitarian work, as environmental disasters such as floods, desertification, and extreme heatwaves are among the most serious challenges that humans face. In this context, Mr. Al-Hadi referred to a recent call by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies regarding the need to act urgently to confront climate