on the occasion of the celebration of National Afforestation Day, which is held on March 12 of each year, and under the supervision of Professor Dr. Alaa Nafi Jassim, the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage / University of Baghdad organized on Tuesday morning, 3/12/2024, where Dr. Liqa Shaker Al-Sharifi participated in the scientific workshop held. On the sidelines of this event, a research paper was published entitled (Slums and their Impact on Vegetation Cover in Baghdad). The paper dealt with the subject of slums and residential encroachments in Baghdad, a phenomenon that has become clearly widespread through encroachment on green spaces and parks that serve as a natural outlet for areas and neighborhoods. Residential areas in Baghdad, in addition to the dependence of some slum dwellers on the profession of animal husbandry and grazing. The paper included the basic importance of vegetation in combating desertification, as well as aesthetics. Then, Dr. Rasha Issa Fares’ research (The Importance of Agriculture in Heritage), in which the doctor spoke about its overview. A history of the importance of agriculture in human life since time immemorial, a memory of the role of agriculture in heritage, where researchers in the history of civilization classified human involvement in agriculture as one of the most dangerous revolutions in the development of human life, as agriculture led to caring for plants and distinguishing what is harmful from what is beneficial, and it emerged There were many scientists who played a prominent and effective role in paying attention to this aspect, so many works on botany appeared, and they were divided into: 1_ agricultural and botanical works 2_ works originally linguistic but containing botanical vocabulary 3_ works originally about travel and including mention of many plants that grow In the countries visited by the traveler, the author 4- Medical works, if issues related to plants were taken from them, they would become independent books. 5- Historical and literary works that contain many botanical and agricultural terms. All of these works are a link to link the past with the present and enrich civilization with scientific aspects.
