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Dakhla, formerly Villa Cisneros, is a unique Moroccan town situated on the Rio de Oro peninsula. As the capital of the Oued...

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News 12 Apr 2012 3 min read

Environmental concern established as a priority

Other tree planting and green space maintenance actions are being carried out inside Dakhla to strengthen the fight against the advance of sand.
Environmental concern established as a priority
Work on the second phase of the project to create a green belt at the northern entrance of the city of Dakhla is currently in full swing. Planned over an area of 80 ha, the project to create the green belt in Dakhla is being carried out as part of a partnership between the High Commission for Water and Forests and the Fight against Desertification, the regional, provincial, and municipal councils of Dakhla, and the Agency for the Promotion and Development of the Southern Provinces. This project, which highlights the dimension of sustainable development in the projects carried out on the chosen site, while reconciling ecological considerations with economic and social concerns, is currently seeing the implementation of the second phase of the work, which concerns the reforestation of 30 ha with a density of 560 plants per hectare.This belt is part of the efforts to fight against desertif…

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