Learn to Love Forests! - Gakh District

On April 29, another educational event for schoolchildren about the importance of forests was held. The program, organized in the village of Kum in the Gakh District, included a seminar about forests and their inhabitants, a tree-planting campaign, a trip to the forest area of Kum village, and the completion of ecological practical work and experiments there.

The activities were organized as part of the awareness component of a joint project by IDEA, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) focused on forest sector development and raising awareness about the socio-economic and ecological benefits of forests.