best environmental practices and sensitize the community about environmental concepts to promote and protect the human right to a safe and healthy environment.  2) Text of the Recommendation: Develop a module for all educational levels to promote the right to a healthy and sustainable environment in order to encourage initiatives in this area. - 3) Text of the Recommendation: Encourage tree planting to promote the right to a healthy and sustainable environment for all and encourage soilless agriculture. 4) Text of the Recommendation: Provide support in guiding public opinion toward making the environment of the Kingdom of Bahrain more sustainable and safer. 5) Text of the Recommendation:  Increase the role of individuals who are active in the field of environment through setting up activities and organizing environment-related initiatives. - 6) Text of the Recommendation: Adopt awareness programs designed for policy and economic decision makers to create a healthy environment.  - Summary of the Urban Planning and Development Authority’s response: The Authority stated that it believes that educating the community on healthy environmental concepts and practices is of utmost importance, and that it concurs to modernizing the education and teaching system with awareness tools that are supportive of preserving the environment. It also consid- 50 ers it necessary to encourage the development and implementation of various activities or projects that enhance environment sustainability. Summary of the Municipalities Affairs’ response: The concerned entity stated that it carries out periodic awareness campaigns covering the various regions of Bahrain to boost community culture to implement best practices in the field of safe and healthy environment. It has also developed an all-inclusive strategy to encourage citizens to contribute to increase tree planting. In addition, the entity coordinates with the competent authorities to organize awareness programs to create a healthy environment, sorting and recycling of waste and benefiting from it in several areas. Summary of the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning’s response: Regarding recommendation No. (3), the concerned entity stated that it has launched an initiative to increase the number of trees through government projects at a rate of (140) thousand trees annually, while encouraging the private sector and community members to participate in this initiative. The entity is currently implementing a food security project through which the soilless cultivation technique is used. In addition, the concerned entity indicated that lanes and spaces within the cross-sections of new road projects are reserved whenever possible for the purpose of planting trees and beautification works, as well as the provision of pedestrian and cyclist trails and horse paths (in some areas) for wide streets (width of (20)