Ensure Availability & Sustainable Management of Water & Sanitation for All
Collaboration for Water security
Involving in the Indian Ocean Blue Economy Summit
-The development of access and benefit sharing rules for marine bio prospecting
-Investment in R&D, infrastructure capacity and use of marine and other renewable energy sources
-Availability of facilities and level of investment in sustainable coastal and maritime tourism and relevant infrastructure
-Reduction of marine pollution, including from land-based activities
-Sustainable management and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems
-Mitigation of the impacts of ocean acidification
-Regulation of fish harvesting with the aim of controlling overexploitation
-Restoration of fish stocks to ecologically safe levels
-Ensuring the full implementation of existing regional and international regimes on oceans and sea
-Investment in R&D, infrastructure capacity and use of marine and other renewable energy sources
-Availability of facilities and level of investment in sustainable coastal and maritime tourism and relevant infrastructure
-Reduction of marine pollution, including from land-based activities
-Sustainable management and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems
-Mitigation of the impacts of ocean acidification
-Regulation of fish harvesting with the aim of controlling overexploitation
-Restoration of fish stocks to ecologically safe levels
-Ensuring the full implementation of existing regional and international regimes on oceans and sea
Visiting the water situations
University of Basrah organizes a panel discussion on the role of the blue economy in achieving sustainable development which aims to explaining the nature of the blue economy, explanation of the role of the blue economy in achieving sustainable development, reviewing a set of economic indicators that show the importance of oceans in achieving sustainable economic growth, A statement of the most important risks to which it is exposed and which contribute to its unsustainability, and a review of the most important measures adopted by relevant international organizations and bodies in investing water resources to achieve sustainable development.
Visiting the water situations
The University of Basrah is assessing the water situation in Umm Qasr district.
Contribtution
Assessment of the effluents of Basrah City main water treatment plants for drinking and irrigation purposes.
Meeting and Collaboration
The President of University of Basrah, Dr. Saad Shahin Hammadi, met with the director of the General Company for Ports of Iraq, Dr. Farhan Muhaisin Al-Fartousi, to discuss joint cooperation at various levels, with ports providing full support to the university according to the recommendations of the Minister of Transportation. UOB aspire to cooperate with the ports of Iraq and the Maritime Transport Company through the Marine Science Center and to develop mechanisms to work on several projects, including operating the presidential yacht (Naseem Al-Basra) and maintaining its boats and the marina, as well as presenting studies to the ports of Iraq on the construction of the dam on Shatt al-Arab and discussing all solutions.
Conference
University Basrah involover in Conference for conserving water.
Contribtution
University of Basrah organizes an expanded specialized workshop on the water situation in the province
WorkShop
University Basrah organizes a workshop on solutions to water crises in Basrah
WorkShop
A seminar entitled Improving water quality using some physical treatments hold at College of Science, Department of ecology. The Presenter Nada Ibrahim Sawad demonstrates the most important objectives of study to collect raw water samples from Shatt Al-Arab and water samples from the wastewater treatment plant at the University of Basra and expose them to some physical treatments under laboratory conditions and make changes in the conditions of the experiment to determine the best ones in the treatment process.