Morocco to spend $900m for water management projects
2006-06-23
Morocco plans to spend close to $900m per year on funding 122 projects as part of its 2005-2014 plan to develop the nation's water and forest sector, water and forests high commissioner Abdeladim El Hafi said Thursday (22 June). The projects are part of a government programme to combat desertification to alleviate pressures on agricultural output from a growing population and to achieve sustainable development of natural resources. The commissioner noted that the degradation of natural resources costs around 3 billion dirhams and damages the ecosystem. Other programmes involved protection of forests, management of draining basins and protected areas, and fighting forest fires. (MAP, L'Economiste)
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