This meeting is part of the operationalization of the partnership agreement signed between ANEF and the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN), aimed at developing cooperation between the two parties in the field of training and the exchange of expertise and experience in subjects of common interest, being determined to strengthen coordination on the ground in the prevention and repression of forest crimes.
During this meeting, specifies a press release from the Regional Directorate of ANEF, the Deputy Attorney General at the Oujda Court of Appeal reviewed the main forestry and environmental legislation, highlighting their crucial role in the protection of the domain. forestry and environment in the Kingdom.
He also highlighted the importance of these laws in strengthening efforts to combat forestry and environmental crimes, emphasizing in this sense the need for coordination between the different structures and institutions concerned for their implementation. effective manner.
According to him, this meeting constitutes a platform to strengthen joint intervention, the exchange of expertise and the unification of efforts to meet environmental challenges and protect national natural resources.
For his part, the Oujda police sub-prefect underlined the importance given by the DGSN to the preservation of forest heritage, as a national heritage contributing to the sustainable development of the country, through the mobilization of all its means to protect forest and wildlife resources and repress criminal behavior and acts affecting the forest domain.
This regional meeting is an opportunity to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the Oujda police headquarters and the ANEF regional directorate in order to facilitate the identification of perpetrators of crimes against resources. forestry, he said.
He also noted that this communication meeting will promote better knowledge of the legislation and legal provisions governing forest offenses, with a view to organizing joint training sessions for the staff of the two institutions on forestry issues. common interest.
The Regional Director of ANEF stressed, for his part, that the partnership between the two parties would make it possible to support efforts to conserve forest heritage and protect it against harmful behavior, knowing that certain forest crimes also reach the urban areas, hence the need for coordination between the different services to detect and repress them.
He considered that this study and communication meeting is a first initiative which aims to strengthen efforts and coordination of operations on the ground concerning the prevention and fight against attacks on forest resources and wildlife in the area. urban.
This meeting, specifies the press release, follows the study day organized last April at the Royal Police Institute (IRP) of Kenitra by the DGSN and the ANEF, on the fight against forest crimes, in as part of the operationalization of the partnership agreement signed between the two parties.