Morocco records 22,000 tons of medical and pharmaceutical waste each year, of which 6,000 tons are considered "dangerous", said on Monday in Rabat the Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment, Aziz Rebbah. This was during an oral question at the House of Representatives.
The forecast data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicates that world citrus production for the 2019-2020 season will decline. Morocco’s production will drop by 31%.
The activist engaged in the fight for environmental protection has been in the Midelt penitentiary for three months after denouncing a cedar trafficking. Several associations and his daughter have joined him in recent days to call for his release and seek the clemency of King Mohammed VI.
In order to give more luster to the green belt of the city of Essaouira, a group of associative actors and foreign residents proceeded on Sunday to a vast environmental clean-up.
The General Directorate of Water and Forests and the Fight against Desertification of the Northeast (DGEFLCD) has launched the 2019-2020 forest planting campaign. This campaign covers 5,200 hectares of land in the provinces of Taza, Taounate, Al Hoceima and Guercif.
The residents of the commune of Belyounech, under the prefecture of M’diq-Fnideq , can rejoice. Indeed, the locality will be enriched in the coming months, with a promenade and socioeconomic centers, the fruit of a supplementary agreement to the rehabilitation program.
The wind turbine blades, produced in Morocco, will be transported by road for the first time to be delivered to the construction site of the Midelt wind farm.
Considered as a human and natural heritage, the Moroccan oases are threatened with extinction. The culprit is climate change.
During the COP 25 proceedings organized under the presidency of the Government of Chile and held from December 2 to 13 in Madrid, Abdelghani Boucham, Morocco’s representative, presented the kingdom’s progress in renewable energy.
About ten stray dogs were shot dead last Tuesday by the municipal services of Dar Bouazza, in the Casablanca region.
The 2019 Climate Protection Index awarded Morocco a score of 70.48, which places it in 2nd place. Sweden, the group leader, scored 76.28 and tops the list of 56 countries.
Pollution from the construction, industry and private transport sectors positions Morocco in the top 5 of greenhouse gas emitting countries.