The National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE)-Branche Electricité- and the Mohammed VI Foundation for the protection of the environment are organizing, from August 12 to 15, days of awareness and mobilization on the protection of the coast in the region of Dakhla-Oued Eddahab.
On the menu of these days, initiated in collaboration with the municipality of Dakhla, the municipality of El Argoub, the Regional Directorate of Youth and the Nawras Association, under the theme “#B7ARBLAPLASTIC”, include several activities, including creative workshops and artistic, recycling workshops and training sessions around innovative solutions for the protection of the coast, underlines a press release from the organizers.
This event, which is part of the “Clean Beaches” program piloted by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection and the Dakhla Coasts environmental monitoring project “Dakhla Coasts environmental monitoring”, aims to strengthen awareness of the importance of protecting the environment and preserving the marine environment and beaches from plastic pollution.
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This initiative, which is part of the festivities marking the celebration of the 43rd anniversary of the recovery of the province of Oued Eddahab, also aims to maintain the cleanliness of the marine environment in general, and of the beaches very frequented by the population during the summer season in particular.
On this occasion, a rich and varied awareness program of educational and recreational activities was developed for the benefit of children and holidaymakers at four beaches in Dakhla, namely PK25, Oum Labouir, Moussafir and Playa Lakhira, the statement said.
It should be noted that the Dakhla coastal environmental monitoring project, launched by ONEE – Electricity Branch, and supervised by the “Eagle AI” start-up, aims to develop a digital environmental monitoring tool combining remote monitoring of detection data (satellite photos) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to detect plastic waste and determine its quantities at the four beaches targeted during the awareness days.
With MAP