\nMorocco-sponsored Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna Initiative (IMFSS) was adopted during the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), held on February 12-17 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n
The IMFSS was welcomed by all the Parties to this convention as well as by international nature conservation organizations, according to a press release from the National Agency for Water and Forests (ANEF), the national focal point of CMS which sponsors the initiative.<\/p>\n
This initiative, mandated for Morocco during the third regional seminar on the conservation and restoration of Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna, held in March 2023 in Agadir, aims to establish a framework for cooperation and coordination for the conservation and restoration of Sahelo-Saharan megafauna species and their habitats between the 16 States of the range of these species: Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Ch
\nad, ANEF underlined.<\/p>\n
The IMFSS concerns 9 threatened species of the Sahelo-Saharan megafauna, of which 6 species exist in Morocco: addax, scimitar-horned oryx, Barbary mouflon, Cuvier’s gazelle, dama gazelle and dorcas gazelle, and aims to encourage the States of the Sahelo-Saharan region to develop and implement action plans for the conservation of these species.<\/p>\n
ANEF stressed that its commitment to the conservation of endemic Sahelo-Saharan megafauna has been comforted by the implementation of a set of concrete measures, within the framework of the ‘2020-2030 Morocco’s Forests’ Strategy, launched by HM King Mohammed VI on February 13, 2020, aimed at the conservation and rehabilitation of these species and their habitats.<\/p>\n
Morocco, “leader in the region” in conservation programs for Sahelo-Saharan megafauna, has “the largest numbers in semi-captivity and in the wild of the dama gazelle, the cuvier gazelle, the Barbary mouflon and the addax,’ ANEF pointed out.<\/p>\n
The IMFSS therefore offers “a collaborative fr
\namework where Morocco will play a leadership role in the region to strengthen the conservation of these migratory species and improve their conservation”, the same source added.<\/p>\n
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Morocco-sponsored Sahelo-Saharan Megafauna Initiative (IMFSS) was adopted during the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), held on February 12-17 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n
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