The College of Administration and Economics at the University of Basrah held the fourteenth annual scientific conference, entitled (Environmental Pollution and Sustainable Development in Iraq), which was held under the slogan “A clean environment means the pursuit of sustainable development.”
The conference aims to diagnose the causes of environmental pollution and its most important types, and to identify its effects and risks, in addition to proposing policies and strategies that would address environmental pollution and achieve sustainable development in Iraq.
The conferees recommended the settlement of the environmental dimension in all local plans, policies, and programs, especially in the oil-producing governorates, the adoption of international and national environmental standards, and the acceleration in taking effective procedural steps in the field of waste management and recycling, in addition to spreading environmental awareness in the community to create a society framed by behaviors that respect the environment and its elements.
