Towards protecting the city against silting

The project to combat the silting of the city of Tarfaya has enabled the creation of 7 km of dune cordon and the mechanical and biological stabilisation of 115 hectares of sand up to the end of November, with the goal of reaching a total area of 300 hectares and 22 km of dune cordon by 2016, following a partnership agreement between the High Commission for Water and Forests and the Fight Against Desertification (HCEFLCD), the municipal council, the Agency for the Economic and Social Development of the Southern Provinces, and the Sakia El-Hamra Hydraulic Basin Agency, with a total budget of around 43 million DH, of which the High Commission's contribution is 37 million DH.According to a statement from the Laâyoune regional directorate of the HCEFLCD, the objective of this project is the stabilisation of dunes through revegetation and the protection of the city's socio-economic infrastruc…