The duty of administration in combating desertification and drought in Iraq

Abstract

For years, Iraq has been witnessing the growth of some serious environmental phenomena and problems, and various types of environmental deterioration, most notably the phenomenon of desertification and drought. This due to the interaction of a series of climatic and human factors. Desertification and drought can pose a threat to public order and the environmental, food, health, economic, water and social security of individuals, and this requires the intervention of the administrative control authorities and taking the necessary preventive measures and actions to maintain public order and confront this environmental danger. In fact, weak control measures taken by the competent public administration were followed by weak environmental awareness, and lack of effective national programs and plans to eliminate desertification and drought and address their impact.