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March 1, 2021 | 4 years ago

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Algeria earmarks US$128mn to rehabilitation of Green Dam

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Speaking on Algerian radio, Mr. Mahmoudi affirmed that Algeria has decided to seek international funding to carry out the green dam rehabilitation project, within the framework of the African initiative of the "Great green wall ", aimed at combating the effects of climate change and desertification.

To this end, funding of $ 128 million has been provided over a period of seven years, through a triangular formula, namely $ 43 million granted by the United Nations Green Climate Fund, $ 29 million from the United Nations. organization the FAO and an Algerian co-financing of the order of 56 million dollars, he detailed.

In this context, he recalled that the Interministerial Council held in August 2019 had decided as part of the national climate plan to make the Green Dam one of the important tools for climate change mitigation.

"The forest administration is working with the National Bureau of Studies for Rural Development (BNIDER), to launch the rehabilitation project of this green strip and to take charge of all the components, starting with the component. integration of the populations who live in these spaces, "he explained.

Regarding the reforestation operation, the director stressed that the DGF was in the process of carrying out the program drawn up during the year 2019-2020, namely that of planting 43 million trees.

In this regard, he assured that efforts will be redoubled to plant 31 million trees by the end of March, explaining that the delay is due to late rains and the condition of the soil which, according to him, did not allow to consider the planting operation.

Referring to a cooperation project within the framework of the twinning of the DGF with the French, Swedish and Italian forestry directorates, Mr. Mahmoudi indicated that these European countries are interested in cooperating with Algeria with a view to recovering species that weather resistant.

One of the objectives of this cooperation is that of having Algerian plans and seeds to reconstitute the forest areas which are threatened in the southern part of Europe, particularly in the well-targeted area of ​​the Kermes oak, he said. he observes.

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