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The Department of Sustainable Development, organized the National Nationale Conference of Presentation of the results of the national quality monitoring program for bathing water and sand of Moroccan beaches, under the chairmanship of Ms. Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development. This conference was also an opportunity to present, for the first time, the results of the monitoring programs for telluric pollution on the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, implemented by the National Laboratory of Studies and the surveillance of pollution in partnership with the competent national institutions.
In her opening speech, the Minister stressed that this conference was organized a little rather before the start of the summer season to allow all stakeholders, including local authorities, local authorities, to take the necessary arrangements before the opening of the beaches in order to ensure a safe and environmental summer season. It is also part of the ministry’s policy aimed at informing public opinion and decision -makers in complete transparency on the environmental situation of the Moroccan coast.
Ms. Benali stressed, on the occasion, that the ministry has strengthened its environmental surveillance programs by expanding its areas of intervention through:
The increase in the number of beaches monitored from 79 beaches in 2004 to 199 beaches in 2024. Monitoring the quality of the sand on 64 beaches in 2024, against only 13 in 2010. Follow -up of soil pollution in more than 90 coastal stations since 2018.
It also highlighted that the quality of bathing water experienced significant improvement: compliance rates increased from 88 % in 2021 to 93 % in 2024, while marine waste volumes decreased by 21 % compared to the previous four years, which reflects a global improvement in the state of the environment of the Moroccan coast.
