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Heba Press
The National Water and Forest Agency said that the forests affected by fires during the 2024 season amounted to 874 hectares of forest coverage, an estimated decrease of 86% compared to 2023 (6,426 hectares).
The agency said, in the data subject to the Directorate of Fire Prevention and Control on Thursday in Rabat, that during the 2024 season, a total of 382 forests were recorded, stressing that secondary herbs and seasonal plants constitute around 45% of the burning areas.
He also indicated that a drop of 82% has been recorded compared to the annual average of the areas affected over the past ten years.
According to the same data, which was disclosed at this meeting, which was held under the chairmanship of the Director General of the National Water and Forest Agency, Abdel Rahim Huma, and was devoted to the evaluation and presentation of the results and lessons drawn from forest fires for the 2024 season as well as almost all regions of the kingdom are forest fires, in variable proportions.
In this regard, she pointed out that the greatest pressure in her epidemic was recorded at the level of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al-Hoceima region with 123 fires that came on an area of 346 hectares (32% of the number of fires recorded nationally). As for the burning area, the Fez-Meknes region is the most affected by forest fires in 2024 with an area of 357 hectares, or 41% of the total burnt area at national level).
The National Water and Forests Agency attributed the notable result in 2024 to several factors, in particular the privileged climatic conditions in summer, where the forest areas at risk were distinguished during the months of June, and July and 2024 were deceived on the climatic conditions which are less suitable for the hatching and the spread of fires, and the early intervention strategy to combat the Ministry of Interor National, forests, forests, royal forces, and others, the Ministry of Interor, Forestry, Forestry, Forestry, Forestry, Forestry, Forestry, Forestry, Forestry, Forestry, Forestre 95% control of fires before the damaged area.
He also indicated that the organizational awareness campaigns on the occasion of the national day for blinds against forest fires (May 21), which benefited around 27,000 students and forests in 240 schools and 100 urban forests, strengthened efforts to fight forest fire.
With regard to preparations for the summer of the year of 2025, the agency allocated financial coverage estimated at 160 million dirhams which will be used to provide equipment and means to reduce the leak of fires by improving the surveillance patrols of early and warning surveillance points, to open and maintain forest journeys with forests, and the preparation of water points with the intervention initial.
In a press statement, Humi said that the Fire Fire Prevention and Control Directorate meets each year to assess the position of the past year and to anticipate the working means for next year, reaffirm the preparation of the agency, with all the partners, to attack and surround forest fires.
He considered, in this regard, that the year 2024 was “distinct”, so that the area that fires come from 900 hectares, compared to a certain number of Mediterranean countries which know the frequency of fires, noting in this direction the integrated participatory approach adopted by various actors to address the phenomenon of forest fires.
The summons of the committee was an opportunity to invite users of forest spaces – two camps, sponsors and honey producers, and walking practitioners in the wild – to the greatest vigilance, and to avoid the use of fire in forest areas, in particular during the summer, with the attraction of all citizens, whether it is the immediate smoke, smoke smoke or smoke from smoke smoke or smoke.
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