The Director of the Central Library, Dr. Mohsin Abdol Hai Disher, gave an awareness lecture entitled (The causes of environmental deterioration in southern Iraq and solutions through volunteer work) at the International Corner unit of the Central Library about neighboring countries and the phenomenon of building dams between governorates, which results in a decrease in water releases reaching Basra. Finally, the lecturer discussed ways to eliminate or reduce the rate of environmental degradation through volunteering to clean polluted rivers, increasing the rate of afforestation, and encouraging people to use modern technologies. A number of staff from the central library attended the lecture