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The signatories to the petition that I launched Morocco Environmental Movement 2050 on the site "won" global, to "stood up random planting of palms Outside the oasis field, and planting trees suitable for each region that take into account its specificities, to be more appropriate on the environmental level.
Environmental activists stressed, through the petition addressed to the Ministers of Territorial Development and City Policy, and of Transition and Sustainable Development, that "A palm that is not planted in its ecological field will end up withering and then death".
The petition, signed by hundreds, indicated that Morocco It occupies the second place in terms of biodiversity at the average level, and it is a unique privacy that deserves high attention and great care for the fragile nature wealth.
The spread of the phenomenon
The electronic petition demanded a halt to the indiscriminate planting of date palms in a number of cities, including Rabat, Kenitra, Fez and Larache, and indicated that "The date palm is of the type Phoenix dactylifera or the municipal date palm, its bio-climatic level depends on the region of Marrakech in the north and Figuig in the east".
The same document pointed out the need to take into account that the Souss region (south) "It is located outside the palmar space"At the same time, warning "The planners of the public space imposed the intrusive type of American origin (Washingtonia) or (Prichardia), which was incorporated alongside the lofty municipal palms in Marrakech for a while, in front of everyone’s silence.".
The petition indicated that "The same applies to other regions and cities, such as Agadir and Chtouka Ait Baha (south), the capital of the argan trees, whose scenic and ecological identity has been destroyed."She confirmed that the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, home to conifers, witnessed, in turn, the eradication of local tree species.
According to what was monitored by the organizers of the electronic petition, "Casablanca has become a nursery for the Californian palm in all its neighborhoods, despite the difficulty of adapting to the shatt surrounding the Ain Diab Corniche.".
"Disruption of ecological services"
and considered Salima BelmokademThe theory and head of the Moroccan Movement for the Environment 2050, which stands behind the electronic petition, that "The phenomenon of random palm planting started 10 years ago, and spread widely in Moroccan cities".
Belmokadem added to the site "Sky News Arabia"that "This phenomenon was first recorded in the Casablanca Corniche, before it spread to reach a group of cities in a number of regions of the Kingdom".
It stressed that "Since her work in the field of landscape engineering for more than two decades, she has been striving to combat this phenomenon and spread awareness of the dangers of planting exotic palms, or planting municipal palms outside its environmental field.".
The environmental activist considered that this phenomenon "It does not respect the bio-climatic diversity of each region, and it distorts the character of each city and makes it reproducible and similar.".
Among the many negative aspects of the indiscriminate planting of palms, according to the environmental activist, is "Disrupting the ecological services of the tree, which the date palm cannot provide, including the work on carbon dioxide absorption, dust stabilization and shade provision, in addition to its important role in reducing temperatures.".
She also emphasized that "No one can decide to plant any tree they want anywhere"stressing that the matter "It requires respect for a number of controls, and the preparation of studies specific to each region".
And the theoretician engineer saw, that "In light of the emergency environment in which Morocco is experiencing, it requires respect for the rules of nature, including adherence to the scenic scheme, and work in accordance with the scenic and urban charters, taking into account the specificity of each region".
Belmokadem indicated that she is currently working on the petition with a number of ministries, led by the Ministry of the Interior, in addition to communicating with the various parties concerned with this file, in order to stop the indiscriminate planting of date palms and work to legalize the process according to specific controls.".
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The signatories to the petition that I launched Morocco Environmental Movement 2050 on the site “won‘ global, to ‘ stop random planting of palms Outside the oasis field, and planting trees suitable for each region that take into account its specificities, to be more appropriate on the environmental level.
Environmental activists stressed, through the petition addressed to the ministers of soil preparation and city policy, and transition and sustainable development, that “the palm tree that is not planted in its environmental field ends up withering and then death.”
The petition, signed by hundreds, indicated that Morocco It occupies the second place in terms of biodiversity at the average level, and it is a unique privacy that deserves high attention and great care for the fragile nature wealth.
The spread of the phenomenon
The electronic petition demanded a halt to the indiscriminate planting of date palms in a number of cities, including Rabat, Kenitra, Fez and Larache, and indicated that “the palms are of the type of Phoenix dactylifera or the municipal palm, whose bio-climatic level depends in the direction of Marrakesh in the north and Figuig in the east.”
The same document pointed out the need to take into account that the Souss region (south) “is located outside the palm space,” warning at the same time against “imposing the planners of the public space of the exotic type of American origin (Washington) or (Prichardia), which has been incorporated alongside the lofty municipal palms in Marrakech since A while, in front of everyone’s silence.
The petition indicated that “the same applies to other regions and cities, such as Agadir and Chtouka Ait Baha (south), the capital of the argan trees, whose scenic and ecological identity has been destroyed,” stressing that the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, home of conifers, witnessed, in turn, the eradication of local tree species. .
According to what was monitored by the organizers of the electronic petition, “Casablanca has become a nursery for the Californian palm in all its neighborhoods, despite the difficulty of adapting it to the shatt surrounding the Ain Diab Corniche.”
“Disruption of ecological services”
and considered Salima BelmokademTheoretical engineer and head of the Maghreb Environment 2050 movement, which is behind the electronic petition, said that “the phenomenon of random palm planting began 10 years ago, and spread widely in Moroccan cities.”
Belmokadem added to “Sky News Arabia”, “This phenomenon was first recorded in the Casablanca Corniche, before it spread to reach a group of cities in a number of regions of the Kingdom.”
She stressed that “since she has been working in the field of landscape engineering for more than two decades, she has been striving to combat this phenomenon and spread awareness of the dangers of planting exotic palms, or planting municipal palms outside its environmental field.”
The environmental activist considered that this phenomenon “does not respect the bio-climatic diversity of each region, and it also leads to distorting the character of each city and makes it cloned and similar.”
Among the many negative aspects of the indiscriminate planting of palms, according to the environmental activist, is “disturbing the ecological services of the tree, which the palms cannot provide, including the work to absorb carbon dioxide, stabilize dust and provide shade, in addition to its important role in reducing temperatures.”
She also stressed that “no person can decide to plant any tree he wants anywhere,” stressing that “it requires respect for a number of controls, and the preparation of studies specific to each region.”
The theoretician considered that “in light of the emergency environment in Morocco, it is necessary to respect the rules of nature, including adherence to the landscape plan, and to work in accordance with the scenic and urban charters, taking into account the specificity of each region.”
Belmokadem indicated that she is currently working on the petition with a number of ministries, led by the Ministry of the Interior, in addition to communicating with the various parties concerned with this file, in order to stop the indiscriminate planting of palms and work to legalize the process according to specific controls.