In the highlands of the Kesanazan area twelve thousand trees were planted as part of the project (NEFES)

Twelve thousand trees were planted in the heights of Kesnazan on November 23, 2023, in the presence of Begard Talabani, the Minister of Agriculture in the Region, Omed Khoshnaw, the Governor of Erbil, Abdulrahman Siddiq, the Head of KRI's Environment Protection and Improvement Board, Mehdi Eker, former Turkish Minister of Agriculture, the Turkish Consul General in Erbil, Mevlut Yakut, and Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister for Climate Change Affairs, among other officials, as part of the first phase of the project (NEFES).

In a speech, the Governor expressed gratitude to the Turkish Minister, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Turkish Consulate in Erbil for executing the project and the coordination and partnership they established with Kurdistan Region this year.

The NEFES project aims to increase green areas, preserve the environment, and combat climate change, under the initiative of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and the Turkish Consulate General in Erbil. It is set to plant 47,000 trees in the Kesanazan highlands, supporting the agricultural and environmental sector of Kurdistan Region.