Forest Guardians Students Honored

With the presentation of certificates of appreciation and statues, students from the Bachelor's and Master's programs in Forestry Science and Engineering at the Faculty of Natural Resources, Lorestan University, who collaborate with the General Directorate of Natural Resources and Watershed Management of Lorestan Province in the field of fire suppression, were honored.

According to the Public Relations Department of Lorestan University, on Monday, May 19th of this year, a specialized scientific meeting entitled "Zagros Forests Fires; Causes, Effects, and Prevention Strategies" was held in the conference hall of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lorestan University.

In this specialized scientific meeting, which was held with the presence of Dr. Hamed Naghavi, Head of the Faculty of Natural Resources, Lorestan University, Dr. Reza Siahmansour, Associate Professor at the Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center of Lorestan Province, referring to the situation of the forests of Lorestan Province and the fire crisis, explained the most important reasons for the occurrence of fires in the province's forests and considered partiality and lack of attention to the entire ecosystem of forest ecosystems as effective in exacerbating the critical situation of the Zagros forests.

Furthermore, Dr. Rahim Maleknia, Associate Professor of the Forestry Department of the Faculty of Natural Resources, Lorestan University, in his speech, emphasized the role of human factors in the occurrence of the fire phenomenon and considered the weakness of documented and appropriate management programs for the management of Zagros forests and insufficient attention to the important and sensitive role of local communities and indigenous people as the most important reasons for forest fires.

Subsequently, professors and students expressed their views and questions.