Camels resting between palm trees! Marrakech is a tale of Arabian Nights!
The palms millennial Marrakesh, south of Morocco, are running a serious risk: lack of water, urbanization touch the box, as well as tourism projects Pharaonic and adaptations of golf courses threaten the survival of these oases, a program ambitious conservation tries to protect. Ten centuries after its appearance, the palm grove, considered one of the most beautiful sites of Morocco, suffers today, combined destruction caused by man and climate. The oasis rich in hundreds of thousands of these plants, which extend over 16,000 hectares, has lost 30% of its surface in the last 20 years, according to experts. The deployment at its center of major tourism projects, with disregard for the environment, pumping the water with great force, favoring the degradation of plantations, besides damaging the ecological balance, denounce. To protect the palm grove, an extensive program was launched by local authorities in 2007, with the aim of lifting 430,000 of these trees in a year. "Thanks to the central wastewater treatment, opened in 2010, and wells that have begun to operate, will be available quantities of water," Abdelilah need Mdidech, director of the environmental protection program, piloted by the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Environment . Hundreds of people work daily in planting new palm trees and caring for that age. "You can count 415,292 seedlings (...) with its green leaves and good crown," adds Mdidech. "I hope that with this project, they are saved.'m More optimistic now." (+DE+TURISMO+AMEACA+PALMEIRAL+DE+MARRAKESH
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Location: Marrakech, Marrocos
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