King Mohammed VI of Morocco calls for African conference on environment

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has proposed the holding of an African conference on environment during the talks held with the heads of States during an African tour that took him from June 15-29 to Benin, Cameroon, Gabon and Senegal,.

The sovereign, who winded up his Senegal visit and African tour Tuesday afternoon, has called for convening a conference to draft a program to protect environment that must fit in any African plan for sustainable development.

The heads of State of the five African countries have all praised the relevance and timeliness of the suggestion, given that among the lurid threats posed to African countries is environment degradation, which has insidious social and economic consequences.

The call to convene the conference at the African level is meant to make future generations more aware of the necessity to integrate ecology among their daily concerns.

The ecological situation in the continent needs a new impetus and mobilization of extra material and human resources in the framework of south-south partnership and world action and consultations.

The royal suggestion is also about measures to intensify the fight against water pollution, forest devastation, desertification and global warming, as well as extinction of some species of the African fauna and all irreversible causes of natural disasters.