Often relegated to second place, the oases, despite being important, are neglected in the face of attention paid to forests. This situation calls for those responsible. Aware of their vulnerability, MP Mohamed Auzin called on the Minister of Agriculture to consider a legislative framework to regulate interventions aimed at protecting the oases in the south of the state against devastating fires and frequent droughts. He recalled that the Harki group in the House of Representatives had already introduced a bill to this effect. “Without seeing any response so far”.
Thus, Ozin sent a written question to Mohamed Sadiqi, the Minister of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, about the difficulties faced by the oasis areas due to the fires and drought, and asked him if the government had a specific public policy for these areas.
, Don’t you think that the oases need a legislative framework to regulate interventions in these areas? He stressed that the Harki group had ” A bill has already been introduced without any response so far, just like our proposal for the Mountain Law“, he wrote.
Ouzzin also asked the minister ” Measures and actions It would be implemented to allow oasis areas to benefit from hydraulic infrastructure in these arid regions and connect them to the Mediterranean coast. He also questioned the reasons for this to work ➢ The government is activating the compensation scheme for natural disasters caused by fire and floods in these areas.
The Secretary General of the Popular Movement Party (MP) stressed that ” Given the climatic vulnerability that characterizes oases in our country and its socio-economic impacts, as well as climate-related migrations caused by all these natural and human factors, oases, like forests, are now facing devastating and recurring destruction. The oases of Tafilalet, Todgha and Draa have caught fire, putting them at serious risk,
Furthermore, the written explanation underlined that this situation ” Due to the absence of suitable roads and tracks for immediate intervention by civil protection services in the event of a fire, a real danger is created for the lives of neighbouring residents, which exacerbates the problems of the population and oasis areas, which are already neglected in centralized and local public policies.,
This very question made it clear that the current difficult climatic conditions in Morocco ” The lack of water resources, the lack of economic activities and the lack of attention given to these sectors have affected the economic and social conditions of most areas of the state, and more so of the inhabitants of the oasis areas.,
Mohamed Auzin further said that the oasis areas represent an essential green belt against desertification, an environmental and commercial link for the country with the heart of Africa, as well as a border stretching for hundreds of kilometres and a founding element of the regional identity across four regions and more than eight provinces.
Last Sunday, firefighters from the Tamnart commune in Tata province managed to control a fire in the oasis of Akrad, the third of the year. The fire devastated eight hectares of land and destroyed more than 400 palm trees as well as a large number of other trees.
Another call resonates: In recent weeks, on the Web, activists concerned about the oasis’s future have launched an online petition under the slogan “”. Oasis is a treasure, save the oasis of Morocco “, he is calling” Conscious souls concerned about the oasis in particular and the environment in general, as well as responsible people, intervene to protect the oasis from fire and create a preventive plan to avoid disasters.,
The petition calls for awareness campaigns in partnership with civil society to protect the desert from potential fires, highlighting that “ Drought, desertification and large-scale licorice farming threaten the oases, particularly due to water shortages,