In Morocco, the Association of Friends of the Environment denounced the uprooting of hundreds of palm trees in the Zagora region, intended to beautify the streets of towns in the north and center of the kingdom.
The association described these actions as “heinous crimes”, deploring that “this environmental destruction is occurring in the total absence of intervention on the part of the regional authorities, who are content to play the role of spectators in the face of this threatening tragedy. the future of the region. »
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These “environmental violations” come in addition to the effects of climate change, notably drought and desertification, and the continued cultivation of watermelon, a water-intensive crop, which is drying out the territory of the province, specifies the association in a press release.
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The progressive disappearance of oases and the degradation of the environment are pushing residents of the Zagora region to move to other cities, underlined the association which holds the authorities responsible for this situation, denouncing their indifference and their inability to take strict measures to put an end to these violations.
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