On January 15, in the city of Skhirat, south of the capital Rabat, the Moroccan government launched an ambitious project on environment. A series of regional meetings, workshops and conferences are to follow, sparking a national debate that aims at establishing a Charter for the environment. This effort follows a policy speech delivered last summer by king Mohammed VI in which he insisted on the significance his government is attaching to environmental issues.<\/p>\n
The Charter for Environment and Sustainable Development, as it was officially dubbed, will lead among other things to the creation of 16 regional observatories that would provide the government with yearly reports and recommendations on environment and developmental issues. The initiative has now a website<\/a> with interactive content<\/a> and a blog<\/a> in three different languages. <\/p>\n Mabrouk Benazzouz, writing [Fr] for the online regional news website Eljadida.com, explains<\/a> how the new approach is in part about holding polluters to account. He writes:<\/p>\n L\u2019id\u00e9e de prise de conscience collective et notamment la prise de conscience n\u00e9cessaire au niveau de tout un chacun et \u00e0 commencer par les industriels, a impos\u00e9 un principe nouveau dans notre pays, celui du pollueur \/payeur. Madame la Ministre, explique que \u00ab ce principe est nouveau, mais tout le monde donc en a conscience, et nous travaillons progressivement pour le mettre en \u0153uvre, \u00e0 travers les lois et les d\u00e9crets appropri\u00e9s, pour faire en sorte que chacun assume ses responsabilit\u00e9s.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother Morocco<\/em> wonders<\/a> [Fr] if the decision makers will be up to the task, praising the apparent open process initiated by the government:<\/p>\n Quand on sait qu'il y a tr\u00e8s peu d'experts en \u00c9cologie au Maroc et Nos chers \u00e9lus locaux s'y connaissent tellement en \u00e9cologie que le d\u00e9bat sera, bien sur, soporifique. Dormir debout dans une conf\u00e9rence, \u00e7a va \u00eatre possible avec ces d\u00e9bats sur la charte Nationale de l'environnement. Mais heureusement, le d\u00e9bat sera ouvert au Grand Public, \u00e0 travers internet et le blog\/site de la charte. Il y a m\u00eame un forum -internet- ou Vous pourrez poster vos propositions et r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 un formulaire. Ce qui est Louable dans tout cela, c'est que l'\u00e9tat “OUVRE” le d\u00e9bat : une premi\u00e8re \u00e9tape pour instaurer \u00e0 la fois, un dialogue, et surtout de faire impliquer les Marocains dans les actions \u00e0 entreprendre.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Tayyibi A., writing [Fr] on Architecture et Soci\u00e9t\u00e9\u00a0– Architecture de terre\u00a0au Maroc<\/em> recaps <\/a>the timetable for the project and explains<\/a> how it was mainly inspired by the French experience:<\/p>\n Octobre\/Novembre 2009 : Elaboration du projet de la charte. Le texte de la Charte [\u2026] est fortement inspir\u00e9 dans sa partie la plus importante (valeurs et principes), des articles de la Charte de l\u2019Environnement adopt\u00e9e dans la constitution Fran\u00e7aise en 2005!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The text of the Charter is heavily inspired in its main lines by the French Environmental Charter adopted in the French Constitution in 2005!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some bloggers however deplored a lack of consistency in the government policy and contradictions between what has been announced and the reality on the ground. Lbadikho <\/em>posting on Sustainable Mediterranean Rif Now!<\/em> [Fr], denounces <\/a>what he describes as the outrageous environmental damage caused in the eastern city of Oujda by the decision of the local governor (unelected official, who's nominated by decree) to uproot a large number of trees. He writes:<\/p>\n Jusqu\u2019\u00e0 quand cette situation de Walis\/Gouverneurs non \u00e9lus avec plus de pr\u00e9rogatives et de pouvoir que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 ou le maire \u00e9lu? […] Tout comme la d\u00e9mocratie et le d\u00e9veloppement vont de paire, le d\u00e9veloppement durable et la d\u00e9mocratie ne peuvent avoir lieu l\u2019un sans l\u2019autre de fa\u00e7on durable. Seule une r\u00e9forme constitutionnelle profonde pourrait \u00e9pargner \u00e0 des r\u00e9gions comme l\u2019orientale d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e0 la merci d\u2019un Wali exog\u00e8ne \u00e0 leur choix, et encore mieux, d\u2019une technocratie marocaine qui a prouv\u00e9 ses limites avec tout le mal qu\u2019elle a faite \u00e0 Sa\u00eedia, dans le plus grand crime contre l\u2019homme et la terre que cette r\u00e9gion a connu depuis peut \u00eatre la colonisation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n On January 15, in the city of Skhirat, south of the capital Rabat, the Moroccan government launched an ambitious project on environment. A series of regional meetings, workshops and conferences are to follow, sparking a national debate that aims at establishing a Charter for the environment. 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\nDu 15 janvier au 20 f\u00e9vrier 2010 : Lancement de la concertation nationale \u00e0 travers les 16 r\u00e9gions du Royaume.
\nMars 2010 : Elaboration du projet final de la Charte.
\nLe 22 avril 2010 : Adoption officielle de la charte.
\nLe 25 avril 2010 : C\u00e9l\u00e9bration de la journ\u00e9e de la Terre.<\/p>\n
\n15 January to 20 February 2010: launch of a National Consultation throughout the 16 regions of the kingdom.
\nMarch 2010: elaboration of the final draft of the Charter.
\nApril 22th, 2010: official adoption of the Charter.
\nApril 25th, 2010: celebration of Earth Day.<\/p>\n\n