Civil society worried about the state of the natural sites of Cap Spartel

Actors of civil society and researchers from the city of the Strait have recently expressed their concern regarding the state of the natural sites of the Cap Spartel zone, west of the city, notably the Perdicaris urban park (Rmilat forest) and the Hercules caves.These actors and experts in the field of environment and heritage have sounded the alarm regarding the degradation of the forest space and the absence of a strategic vision for the valorisation of the historical site of the caves, managed in an anarchic manner and left to the mercy of merchants who have invested the premises without real control.In this sense, the Observatory for the Protection of the Environment and Historical Heritage of Tangier, an associative body created last summer, organised a field visit to inquire about the environmental situation at the level of this zone, which experiences a high influx of visitors, n…